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Facts Myths About Use Of Botulinum Toxin In
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• What is botulinum toxin?
• Botulinum toxin is produced by gram-positive
  anaerobic bacteria Clostridium Botulinum. Botox
  is a trade name used by Allergen for Botulinum
  toxin and basically it is a purified form of
  botulinum toxin which has both aesthetic and
  therapeutic uses. The trade name Botox has become
  so popular that people recognize trade name
  better than its actual name just like we use the
  trade name Xerox for photocopy. Many of us get
  afraid to hear the word toxin but botulinum has
  the real role to play in dental treatments. It is
  the toxin that helps to age gracefully.

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• Are there any variants of Botulinum Toxin?
• Yes, there are seven type of botulinum toxins
  which are available to us. It is from type A, B,
  C, D, E, F G. The one which is used most
  commonly is type A however if any individual
  gets resistant to type A then we can use type B
  botulinum toxin. The type B botulinum Toxin is
  known as Myoblock. Find Dentists
• Botulinum Toxin is available to us from different
  pharmaceutical companies. There are several
  other trade names of botulinum Toxin like
  Desport, Neuronox and there are many more apart
  from Botox.

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• How Botulinum Toxin works?
• Botox has its action on the muscle it acts on
  SNAP 25 and doesn't let the muscle contract. It
  takes around 1.5-2 hours to bind to the nerve and
  it can take anywhere between 2 to 10 days to show
  full clinical effect. The effect of Botox last
  from 3 months to 6 months varying individual to
  individual. Find Dentists

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• Some common Myths Facts about Botulinum Toxin
• Myth It is new and not tested.
• Fact Botulinum toxin has a history of more than
  20 years. And there are thousands of research
  papers available on the same.
• Myth It will give us botulism or else I will
  loose sensations and will have a plastic face.
• Fact None of it is correct. The lethal dose of
  Botox is 2500 units to 3000 units which is 25 to
  30 vials which is a lot of money to kill someone.
  A 100 unit vial of botulinum Toxin costs
  somewhere between Rs.18,000- Rs.20,000 INR
• Source-https//goo.gl/mkVDib

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