Comparative Assessment of a Standard Oral Hygiene Regimen with and without Mouthwash and Related Clinical Findings over a 14-day Period

Autor:	Parisa Zarnegarnia, Yaser Safi, Maryam Eslami Manouchehri, Reza Amid, Fatemeh Mollaverdi, Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Periodontitis business.industry Dentistry medicine.disease Dental plaque Chronic periodontitis Oral hygiene law.invention Tooth brushing Regimen Dental floss stomatognathic system law Medicine Toothbrush business
Zdroj:	Journal of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry. 7:21-25
ISSN:	2008-7756 2008-7748
DOI:	10.15171/jpid.2015.004
Popis:	Background and aims. The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of a standard oral hygiene routine (daily tooth brushing and flossing) along with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) mouthwash in comparison to the same protocol without mouthwash in chronic periodontitis patients during a 14-day period. Materials and methods. This comparative study was carried out or 50 non-smoking patients with chronic periodontitis; 25 patients followed an oral hygiene regimen using a toothbrush and dental floss (control group) and the remaining 25 used the mentioned protocol along with CPC mouthwash (test group) for 14 days. The plaque index (PI), modified gingival index (MGI) and probing pocket depth (PPD) were assessed. Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to evaluate and compare the prevalence of indices between the two groups. Statistical significance was set at P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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