Compare the efficiency of Chlorhexidine and Curcumin in dental chair water line to reduce bacterial load in aerosol during ultrasonic cleaning of teeth

Comparative evaluation of Chlorhexidine and Curcumin in dental unit water line to reduce bacterial load in aerosol during ultrasonic scaling - nil

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/10/095907

Enrollment

Registered

2025-10-10

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-13

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: 8- Other Procedures

Interventions

Intervention1: ultrasonic scaling with curcumin diluted water: Subjects received ultrasonic scaling with 10 ml of curcumin diluted in 1litre of water Control Intervention1: Ultrasonic scaling with Chl

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Systemically healthy subjects above 18 years of age with moderate/severe gingival inflammation which was assessed based on gingival index score (1.1 3.0) Subjects with fair or poor oral hygiene based on oral hygiene index simplified score (1.3 6.0) Equal or more than 20 teeth

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current smokers pregnant women Patients on antibiotics/anti-inflammatory/any other drugs in the past 6 months Subjects with healthy gingiva (with no clinical signs of gingival inflammation)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Colony forming unit in agar plateTimepoint: The sample is incubated in a sterile incubator for 48 hours then CFU will be counted by a colony counter machine	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
nilTimepoint: nil	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Bipin Kumar Yadav

Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences

drbipinyadav@rediffmail.com8449619482

Outcome results

None listed

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