A clinical trial to study the effects of four different toothpaste, probiotic,green tea, chlorhexidine and fluoride on oral bacteria

COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBIOTIC, GREEN TEA, CHLORHEXIDINE AND FLUORIDE CONTAINING DENTRIFICE ON ORAL MICROFLORA- A DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2016/10/007404

Enrollment

Registered

2016-10-24

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: probiotic, green tea, chlorhexidine tooth paste: test group,twice daily for 30days Control Intervention1: fluoride tooth paste: control group, twice daily for 30days

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a) Apparently Healthy dental students without any known history of systemic illness above 18- 25yrs of age. b) Dental students with habit of tooth brushing twice daily

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a) Patients with positive history of usage of anti microbial therapy in the last 3 months b) Patients with history of hypersensitivity to any of the medicaments to be used. c) Patients with orthodontic brackets d) Patients with Dental fluorosis e) Patients with systemic illness f) Pregnant or lactating mother

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Oral Hygiene evaluation- Plaque Index (Silness and Loe) Gingival Index(loe and silness) Microbiological evaluation- plaque, saliva samples for Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguis and lactobacilli. Timepoint: baseline, 15th and 30th day	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
nilTimepoint: nil	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJayashriprabakar

saveetha dental college

drjojohn@gmail.com

Outcome results