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Comparison of providone iodine and chlorhexidine as a mouth rinse before cleaning treatment to reduce the bacterial count during treatment

Comparitive evaluation of efficacy of providone iodine 2% and chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% as a preprocedural mouth rinse in reducing aerosol contamination and bacterial count during ultrasonic scaling.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/10/037528
Enrollment
42
Registered
2021-10-25
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Chlorhexidine gluconate 2%: Chlorhexidine gluconate is most effective antiplaque agent and local delivery agent Control Intervention1: Providone iodine 2%, : Providone iodine is bacteri

Sponsors

Naskath sabana
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Systemically healthy subjects Subjects with a minimum 20 permanent teeth present Subjects who give informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects who are asthmatic Subjects who have infectious Disease or immunocompromised Pregnant and lactate women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the efficacy of providone iodine 2% as a preprocedural mouthrinse in reducing aerosol contamination and bacterial count during ultrasonic scalingTimepoint: Baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the efficacy of Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% as a preprocedural mouthrinse in reducing aerosol contamination and bacterial count during ultrasonic scalingTimepoint: Baseline

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactNaskath sabana

Yenepoya dental college

rksdental@gmail.com9448529518

Outcome results

None listed

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