| Literature DB >> 12719020 |
V C C Girão1, D C S Nunes-Pinheiro, S M Morais, J L Sequeira, M A Gioso.
Abstract
We evaluated the effect of a mouth-rinse prepared using Lippia sidoides essential oil (EO) in dogs with marginal gingivitis. German Shepherd dogs were distributed in two groups: control (control mouth-rinse) and EO (EO mouth-rinse). Both mouth-rinses were applied on the dogs' teeth every 2 days for 2 weeks. At day 0 and day 15, the scores for plaque-bacteria (P), calculus (C), gingivitis (G) and the inflammatory infiltrate (INF) were evaluated blindly. The results were analyzed by the Wilcoxon signed-rank and Mann-Whitney tests (P</=0.05). P, C, G, and INF did not show any alteration in the control group, while in the EO group there were significant reductions in these scores.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12719020 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5877(03)00051-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prev Vet Med ISSN: 0167-5877 Impact factor: 2.670