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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2022

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Herbal and Chlorhexidine Mouthrinse against

Nagappan Nagappan, Kamalashankar Palaneeswaran, Kannan Kumarappan, Raghunathan Natarajan, Rameezuddin Tajuddin, Yalamanchi Anusha

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nagappan NagappanDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kamalashankar PalaneeswaranDepartment of Prosthodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kannan KumarappanDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Raghunathan NatarajanDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rameezuddin TajuddinDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Yalamanchi AnushaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College and Hospitals, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Chettinad Health City · ING Pulla Reddy Dental College & Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Microorganisms in the oral cavity are still considered serious public health problems and position a costly burden on health-care services worldwide and elsewhere. Mouthrinses have been used in the oral cavity for decades with the intention of reducing the amount of microorganisms. Mouthrinses are used as additives to oral mechanical hygiene. Therapeutic mouthwashes are also prescribed as an alternative to mechanical plaque control for plaque accumulation prevention and for gingival and peri-implant health maintenance. Mechanical control alone has been questioned to eliminate recalcitrant biofilms in the oral cavity because it is known to be very time-consuming and, most significantly, inadequate for good oral hygiene. The aim of this study was to assess the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), and antimicrobial efficacy of herbal and chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthrinse against Materials and Methods: For MIC (macrobroth dilution method), MBC and antimicrobial effectiveness (zone of inhibition) of an herbal mouthrinse and 0.2% CHX mouthrinse were determined by the agar well diffusion method. Results: The zone of inhibition of Conclusion: CHX mouthrinse (0.2%) has a better antimicrobial efficacy against the S. mutans when compared to herbal mouthrinse (arowash liquid).

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Chlorhexidineherbalmouthrinsezone of inhibition

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