Rosy Sirisha Neturi1, Srinivas R2, Vikram Simha B3, Sandhya Sree Y4, Chandra Shekar T5, Siva Kumar P6. 1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Drs.S&N Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences , Chinaoutpally, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India . 2. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India . 3. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistryy, SIBAR Institute of Dental Sciences , Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India . 4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, CKS Teja Institute of Dental Sciences , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India . 5. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, KLR'S Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences , Rajmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India . 6. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Sai Dental college and research Institute , Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Abstract
CONTEXT: Mouth rinses have been in use from time immemorial as a supplement for routine oral hygiene. There are many number of mouth rinses currently available in the market in which many of them possess certain drawback, which has necessitated the search for alternate mouth rinses. AIM: The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of rinsing with green tea in comparison with chlorhexidine and plain water on Streptococcus mutans count. SETTING AND DESIGN: A short term, single blinded, cross over randomised control clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study includes a total of 30 subjects aged 20 to 25 years divided into three groups that is green tea group, chlorhexidine group, and plain water group. A baseline plaque samples were collected and under supervision of examiner all the subjects rinsed with 10 ml of respective solutions for one minute. Plaque samples were collected at five minutes after rinsing. All the 30 subjects were exposed to all the three rinses with a wash out period of seven days between the interventions. All the samples were sent to microbial analysis. RESULTS:Wilcoxon matched pair test and Mann-Whitney U test showed that both chlorhexidine and green tea significantly reduced Streptococcus mutans colony counts compared to plain water. CONCLUSION: The results of present study indicate that green tea mouth rinse proved to be equally effective compared to chlorhexidine which is considered as gold standard. This may also be a valuable public health intervention as it is economical and has multiple health benefits.
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CONTEXT: Mouth rinses have been in use from time immemorial as a supplement for routine oral hygiene. There are many number of mouth rinses currently available in the market in which many of them possess certain drawback, which has necessitated the search for alternate mouth rinses. AIM: The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of rinsing with green tea in comparison with chlorhexidine and plain water on Streptococcus mutans count. SETTING AND DESIGN: A short term, single blinded, cross over randomised control clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study includes a total of 30 subjects aged 20 to 25 years divided into three groups that is green tea group, chlorhexidine group, and plain water group. A baseline plaque samples were collected and under supervision of examiner all the subjects rinsed with 10 ml of respective solutions for one minute. Plaque samples were collected at five minutes after rinsing. All the 30 subjects were exposed to all the three rinses with a wash out period of seven days between the interventions. All the samples were sent to microbial analysis. RESULTS: Wilcoxon matched pair test and Mann-Whitney U test showed that both chlorhexidine and green tea significantly reduced Streptococcus mutans colony counts compared to plain water. CONCLUSION: The results of present study indicate that green tea mouth rinse proved to be equally effective compared to chlorhexidine which is considered as gold standard. This may also be a valuable public health intervention as it is economical and has multiple health benefits.
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Keywords:
Chlorhexidine; Green tea; Herbal mouth rinse; Streptococcus mutans
Authors: Saranya Manikandan; Annette M Bhambal; K S Ratchambiga; M Nithiela; J K Swatheka; B Sridarshini Journal: J Pharm Bioallied Sci Date: 2021-06-05