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Trial reportBMC oral health2023

Short-term anti-plaque effect of a cymenol mouthwash analysed using the DenTiUS Deep Plaque software: a randomised clinical trial.

B Suárez-Rodríguez, A Regueira-Iglesias, T Blanco-Pintos, C Balsa-Castro, N Vila-Blanco, M J Carreira, I Tomás

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Trial report in BMC oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05521230 (Randomised Clinical Trial on the Short-Term Anti-plaque Effect of Cymenol Mouthwash Analysed Using Dentius Deep Plaque Software), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT05521230 phase1completednot on this map

Randomised Clinical Trial on the Short-Term Anti-plaque Effect of Cymenol Mouthwash Analysed Using Dentius Deep Plaque Software

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Santiago de CompostelaRan2021 to 2022Enrolled60ConditionsHealthy, Dental PlaqueArmsPlacebo Mouthwash, Cymenol mouthwash
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

B Suárez-RodríguezOral Sciences Research Group, Special Needs Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain.
A Regueira-IglesiasOral Sciences Research Group, Special Needs Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain.
T Blanco-PintosOral Sciences Research Group, Special Needs Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain.
C Balsa-CastroOral Sciences Research Group, Special Needs Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain.
N Vila-BlancoCentro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes and Departamento de Electrónica e Computación, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
M J CarreiraCentro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes and Departamento de Electrónica e Computación, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
I TomásOral Sciences Research Group, Special Needs Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain. inmaculada.tomas@usc.es.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effect of cymenol mouthwashes on levels of dental plaque has not been evaluated thus far.

objectiveTo analyse the short-term, in situ, anti-plaque effect of a 0.1% cymenol mouthwash using the DenTiUS Deep Plaque software.

methodsFifty orally healthy participants were distributed randomly into two groups: 24 received a cymenol mouthwash for eight days (test group A) and 26 a placebo mouthwash for four days and a cymenol mouthwash for a further four days thereafter (test group B). They were instructed not to perform other oral hygiene measures. On days 0, 4, and 8 of the experiment, a rinsing protocol for staining the dental plaque with sodium fluorescein was performed. Three intraoral photographs were taken per subject under ultraviolet light. The 504 images were analysed using the DenTiUS Deep Plaque software, and visible and total plaque indices were calculated (ClinicalTrials ID NCT05521230).

resultsOn day 4, the percentage area of visible plaque was significantly lower in test group A than in test group B (absolute = 35.31 ± 14.93% vs. 46.57 ± 18.92%, p = 0.023; relative = 29.80 ± 13.97% vs. 40.53 ± 18.48%, p = 0.024). In comparison with the placebo, the cymenol mouthwash was found to have reduced the growth rate of the area of visible plaque in the first four days by 26% (absolute) to 28% (relative). On day 8, the percentage areas of both the visible and total plaque were significantly lower in test group A than in test group B (visible absolute = 44.79 ± 15.77% vs. 65.12 ± 16.37%, p < 0.001; visible relative = 39.27 ± 14.33% vs. 59.24 ± 16.90%, p < 0.001; total = 65.17 ± 9.73% vs. 74.52 ± 13.55%, p = 0.007). Accounting for the growth rate with the placebo mouthwash on day 4, the above results imply that the cymenol mouthwash in the last four days of the trial reduced the growth rate of the area of visible plaque (absolute and relative) by 53% (test group A) and 29% (test group B), and of the area of total plaque by 48% (test group A) and 41% (test group B).

conclusionsThe 0.1% cymenol mouthwash has a short-term anti-plaque effect in situ, strongly conditioning the rate of plaque growth, even in clinical situations with high levels of dental plaque accumulation.

Indexed as

Dental PlaqueGingivitisChlorhexidineDental Plaque IndexDouble-Blind MethodHumansMouthwashesOral HygieneChlorhexidineMouthwashesAutomated plaque quantificationCymenolDental plaqueImage analysisMouthwashOral healthPrevention

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PMID37573292
PMCPMC10422750

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