Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Joint Authors
Shenoy, Rekha P.
Somaraj, Vinej
Shenoy Panchmal, Ganesh
Kumar, Vijaya
Jodalli, Praveen S.
Sonde, Laxminarayan
Source
International Journal of Dentistry
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To assess and compare the effect of herbal and fluoride mouth rinses on Streptococcus mutans count and glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans and dental caries, a parallel group placebo controlled randomized trial was conducted among 240 schoolchildren (12–15 years old).
Participants were randomly divided and allocated into Group I (0.2% fluoride group), Group II (herbal group), and Group III (placebo group).
All received 10 ml of respective mouth rinses every fortnight for a period of one year.
Intergroup and intragroup comparison were done for Streptococcus mutans count and glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans and dental caries.
Streptococcus mutans count showed a statistically significant difference between Group I and Group III (p=0.035) and also between Group II and Group III (p=0.039).
Glucan concentration levels showed a statistically significant difference (p=0.024) between Group II and Group III at 12th month.
Mean DMF scores showed no statistical difference between the three groups (p=0.139).
No difference in the level of significance was seen in the intention-to-treat and per-protocol analysis.
The present study showed that both herbal and fluoride mouth rinses, when used fortnightly, were equally effective and could be recommended for use in school-based health education program to control dental caries.
Trial registration number is CTRI/2015/08/006070.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Somaraj, Vinej& Shenoy, Rekha P.& Shenoy Panchmal, Ganesh& Kumar, Vijaya& Jodalli, Praveen S.& Sonde, Laxminarayan. 2017. Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Dentistry،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Somaraj, Vinej…[et al.]. Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Dentistry No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Somaraj, Vinej& Shenoy, Rekha P.& Shenoy Panchmal, Ganesh& Kumar, Vijaya& Jodalli, Praveen S.& Sonde, Laxminarayan. Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Dentistry. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1165651