Effect of Herbal and Fluoride Mouth Rinses on Streptococcus mutans and Dental Caries among 12–15-Year-Old School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. (2nd March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Somaraj, Vinej; Shenoy, Rekha P.; Shenoy Panchmal, Ganesh; Kumar, Vijaya; Jodalli, Praveen S.; Sonde, Laxminarayan
• Other Names: Yavuz Izzet Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of dentistry. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-03-02
• Subjects: Dentistry -- Periodicals; Dentistry; Dentistry -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 617.6
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/5654373
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-8728

Abstract

Abstract : To assess and compare the effect of herbal and fluoride mouth rinses on Streptococcus mutans count and glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans and dental caries, a parallel group placebo controlled randomized trial was conducted among 240 schoolchildren (12–15 years old). Participants were randomly divided and allocated into Group I (0.2% fluoride group), Group II (herbal group), and Group III (placebo group). All received 10 ml of respective mouth rinses every fortnight for a period of one year. Intergroup and intragroup comparison were done for Streptococcus mutans count and glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans and dental caries. Streptococcus mutans count showed a statistically significant difference between Group I and Group III (p = 0.035 ) and also between Group II and Group III (p = 0.039 ). Glucan concentration levels showed a statistically significant difference (p = 0.024 ) between Group II and Group III at 12th month. Mean DMF scores showed no statistical difference between the three groups (p = 0.139 ). No difference in the level of significance was seen in the intention-to-treat and per-protocol analysis. The present study showed that both herbal and fluoride mouth rinses, when used fortnightly, were equally effective and could be recommended for use in school-based health education program to control dental caries. Trial registration number is CTRI/2015/08/006070 .