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COST EFFECTIVE, YET EFFCICIENT NATURAL ALTERNATIVES IN REDUCING MICROBIAL LOAD IN THE DENTAL AEROSOLS IN THE CURRENT PANDEMIC SCENARIO

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CHLORHEXIDINE ,NEEM AND CINNAMON EXTRACT AS AN ULTRASONIC LAVAGE IN THE DENTAL WATER LINE FOR THE REDUCTION OF MICROBIAL LOAD IN AEROSOLS

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/09/036416
Enrollment
128
Registered
2021-09-10
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

Health Condition 1: K051- Chronic gingivitis

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Roshan R Rughwani
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients having minimum 20 permanent teeth. 2.Moderate to severe gingivitis (GI Score of 1.5 to 3) 3. Systemically healthy patients 4.Subjects indicated for full mouth scaling in single sitting

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Presence of any Systemic Disease 2. Oral prophylaxis within last 3 months 3. Pregnant and lactating mothers 4. Smokers 5. Received antibiotics or NSAIDs in past 3 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The objective of the study is to evaluate the amount of aerosol contamination in the clinic while performing scaling with different antimicrobial extracts in dental water line as a measure to decrease the microbial load in the aerosol.Timepoint: After completion of 15 minutes of oral prophylaxis, agar plates will be sent for colony counting. CFU will be counted after incubating the agar plate for 48 hours in aerobic chamber.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NilTimepoint: Nil—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRoshan R Rughwani

SRM Dental College, Ramapuram

priyankacholan@gmail.com9840771507

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026