Comparison of the effect of ginger and aloe vera mouthwashes on xerostomia in patients with type 2 diabetes: A clinical trial, triple-blind

Autor: Forouzande Badooei, Mohammad-Reza Memarzade, Elham Imani, Mania Banar, Saeid Hosseini-Teshnizi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal
Badooei, F., Imani, E., Hosseini-Teshnizi, S., Banar, M., & Memarzade, M. (2021). Comparison of the effect of ginger and aloe vera mouthwashes on xerostomia in patients with type 2 diabetes: A clinical trial, triple-blind. En Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal (pp. e408-e413). Medicina Oral, S.L. https://doi.org/10.4317/medoral.23998
ISSN: 1698-6946
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.23998
Popis: Background Ginger and aloe vera are two medicinal herbs mostly used to produce mouthwash. This study aimed to compare the effects of ginger and aloe vera mouthwashes on the xerostomia in patients referred to Bandar Abbas diabetes clinic (Iran). Material and Methods In this triple-blind clinical trial, three groups (n=35 patients in each group) were studied. One group was given aloe vera mouthwash, the other group used ginger mouthwash, and the control group was only given normal saline. All the mouthwashes were used 20 ccs three times daily for 14 consecutive days. The symptoms and severity of xerostomia were measured before and after the intervention by the questionnaire proposed by Fox et al. as well as VAS scale, respectively. Statistical analysis, including the Shapiro-Wilk test used to measure the normality of variables, and Chi-square and McNemar used to compare the scores questionnaire proposed by Fox et al., were also applied. Scores of VAS were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA test. P
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