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Sports mouthguards: Presence of microorganisms and efficiency in the use of a disinfectant agent for their removal.

Sports mouthguards: evaluation of microbial contamination and effectiveness of chlorhexidine spray as a method of disinfection

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-23xz8s
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-02-13
Start date
2019-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Stomatognathic Diseases

Interventions

Experimental group: 10 participants who used sports mouthguards during sports for an hour, once a day and then 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate solution was sprayed. Control group: 10 participants who us
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Sponsors

Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto
Lead Sponsor
Yuri Jivago Silva Ribeiro
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
9 Years to 13 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Both genders; minimum age of 09 years and maximum of 13 years; absence of periodontal disease; absence of caries lesions with cavitation; general good health; were not using antibiotics and / or antimicrobial solutions for a minimum period of 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Users of fixed and removable orthodontic appliances

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome 1: 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate in spray form is expected to be effective in reducing microbial contamination in sports mouthguards, using microbiological molecular biology assays.;Outcome found 1: 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate in the spray form was effective in reducing the formation of microbial colonies in sports mouthguards observed in microbiological molecular biology assays.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are not expected

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactFaculdade de Odontologia Universidade de São Paulo

Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto

yurijivago@usp.br55 16 3315-3955

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)