Prevention of dental caries has taken a great importance in the last decade. The use of herbal and natural products became mandatory to avoid the side effects of commercially available medications. Aim of the study; the aim was to investigate the anti-cariogenic effect of miswak and grape seed extract (GSE).
Patients used Miswak sticks, grape seed extract mouth wash and fluoride mouthwash twice daily for three month. Saliva samples were collected at base line and after one month and three month. Assessment of bacterial count and saliva buffering capacity were performed at base line and after one and three month.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
Al Azhar University
Cairo, Nasr City, Egypt
quantitative measure of the change in salivary streptococcus mutans Count from baseline to one month and three months.
the patients used the treatments twice daily for three months. unstimulated saliva samples were collected from the patients at baseline,after one month and after three months. Every time samples were incubated with Mitiis Salivaris with Bacitricin and 20% sucrose for streptococcus mutans count.
Time frame: Baseline, one month, three months.
quantitative measure of the change in saliva buffering capacity from baseline to one month and three months.
the patients used the treatments twice daily for three months. unstimulated saliva samples were collected from the patients at baseline, after one month and after three months. each time, saliva buffering capacity was measured using Hand Held pH meter and 0.1 mol/l hydrochloric acid that was titrated to the tested saliva.
Time frame: baseline, one month , three months
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