Dental Caries
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will be conducted in order to determine the prevention effect of caries preventive regimen using herbal toothpaste and regimen using fluoride toothpaste versus fluoride toothpaste and fluoride varnish on the caries risk of patients with high caries risk.
Detailed description
Dental caries is highly predominant worldwide. So, in addition to treating this caries, patients should be managed to avoid new caries. Preventive measures could be applied to the patients who are most expected to develop dental caries who are identified by caries risk assessment. Thus, effective caries risk assessment is essential to control new caries development. Dental caries can be prevented by conducting appropriate measures; therefore, it is crucial to identify those who are most likely to have dental caries by caries risk assessment and giving them the essential preventive measures. Though some caries preventive measures have showed success in descriptive clinical trials, there is little information on their practicality with high caries risk groups in everyday usage. Oral health is an essential part of general well being, people have used herbs in order to prevent dental diseases for centuries. In 2008 the Federal Council of Dentistry approved the use of medicinal plants for oral healthcare. Medicinal plants can heal bacterial diseases as it is full of antimicrobial agents. They are becoming more popular than chemicals due to the side effects of synthetic antibiotics and the antibiotic resistance in microorganisms. Studies propose that herbal extracts are highly effective against significant microorganism which cause dental caries like Streptococcus mutans. Herbal toothpaste decreases dental caries through combined effects of antibacterial agents, oral acid neutralisers and decreased plaque bacterial enzyme inhibitors present in the herbal toothpaste.
Interventions
Herbal toothpaste as a part of a caries preventive regimen
OTHERSignal toothpaste
fluoride based toothpaste as a part of a caries preventive regimen
OTHERSignal toothpaste and fluoride varnish
application of fluoride varnish and using fluoride based toothpaste
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy patients with free medical history. * Age range 15-50 years. * Patients with high caries risk assessment due to increased cariogenic bacteria according to Cariogram. * low fermentable carbohydrates diet patient * Not under antibiotic therapy either at the time of the study or up to the last month before the start of the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with a compromised medical history. * Cariogenic diet patient. * Extreme plaque accumulation and periodontal problems * Participants with a history of allergy to any of the drugs or chemicals used in the study. * Patients on any antibiotics during the past month
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caries risk assessment | Outcomes will be evaluated at baseline, after 1 week, after 4 weeks and after 12 weeks. | Change in caries risk assessment by cariogram software as each patient data is collected in order to be inserted into the Cariogram software which in turn will evaluate this data and lead to a pie chart showing the chance of avoiding new caries as percentage. This data includes caries experience, related diseases, diet content, fluoride program, salivary buffer capacity, saliva secretion rate, diet frequency, Mutans streptococci count, amount of plaque, and clinical examination. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed