Effect of green tea mouth rinse on Streptococcus mutans in plaque and saliva in children: An in vivo study
| Autor: | Anil Kumar Goyal, Manohar Bhat, Meenakshi Sharma, Mamta Garg, Abhishek Khairwa, Rakesh Garg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Vol 35, Iss 1, Pp 41-46 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0970-4388 1998-3905 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0970-4388.199227 |
| Popis: | Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the antimicrobial efficacy of green tea catechin as a mouth wash on colony count of Streptococcus mutans in children. Materials and Methods: A sample size of thirty children was selected out of screened 290 children by simple random sampling between the age group of 7 and 12 years. The study was conducted over a period of 2 weeks. After 24 h of oral prophylaxis, the baseline samples were collected and each group was subjected to mouth rinsing with green tea mouth wash for 2 weeks and further plaque and saliva samples were collected at 1- and 2-week intervals from baseline. Microbiological analysis of plaque and saliva samples was done by Dentocult SM strip kit (Orion Diagnostica, Finland), and the results were statistically analyzed and tabulated. Results: Statistically, there was highly significant reduction in S. mutans count in plaque as well as in saliva for after 1- and 2-week intervals from baseline. Conclusion: Hence, finally, our study showed that green tea catechin is effective as a mouth wash against S. mutans and having better action in plaque as compared to saliva. It can be used as an adjunct to commercially available mouthwashes. |
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