Folate mouth wash : effects on gingival health of pregnant women

Abstract EN

This study indicated that folic acid may be absorbed directly by the gingival tissues upon rinsing with folic acid solution.

Subsequently on day 0 and 30 of double blind study, 2 groups of 13 subjects each were evaluated by means of a gingival index, bleeding index and blood folic acid levels.

Subject rinsed their mouth twice daily for 3 mints in 30 days.

Results of the study seem to indicate that folic acid absorbed by the gingiva from an oral rinse may reverse a hypothesized local deficiency of the vitamin within the gingiva and thus lead to a reduction of gingival inflammation by increasing host resistance to local etiological factor