Are herbal mouthwash efficacious over chlorhexidine on the dental plaque?

Devanand Gupta, Swapna Nayan, Harshad K Tippanawar, Gaurav I Patil, Ankita Jain, Rizwan K Momin, Rajendra Kumar Gupta, Devanand Gupta, Swapna Nayan, Harshad K Tippanawar, Gaurav I Patil, Ankita Jain, Rizwan K Momin, Rajendra Kumar Gupta

Abstract

Aim: To compare the effect of herbal extract mouthwash and chlorhexidine mouthwash on the dental plaque level.

Materials and methods: The subjects (60 healthy medical students aged ranges between 20 and 25 years) were randomly divided into two groups, that is, the herbal group and the chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash group. The data were collected at the baseline and 3 days. The plaque was disclosed using erythrosine disclosing agent and their scores were recorded using the Quigley and Hein plaque index modified by Turesky-Gilmore-Glickman. Statistical analysis was carried out later to compare the effect of all the two groups.

Results: Our result showed that the chlorhexidine group shows a greater decrease in plaque score followed by herbal extract, but the result was statistically insignificant.

Conclusion: The results indicate that herbal mouthwash may prove to be an effective agent owing to its ability to reduce plaque level, especially in low socioeconomic strata.

Keywords: Chlorhexidine; herbal mouthwash; holistic dentistry; plaque index.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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