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ArticleBioinformation2023

Effect of herbal mouthrinsein dental ultrasonic scalers among Indians.

Ankita Agrawal, Shilpa Keerthipati, Sudhalatha Sreerama, Deepika Singla, Sonu Acharya, DhavalNiranjan Mehta, Santosh Kumar, Kapil Paiwal

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Ankita AgrawalDepartment of Conservative and Endodontics, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
Shilpa KeerthipatiDepartment of Orthodontics, Gitam Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India.
Sudhalatha SreeramaGitam Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India.
Deepika SinglaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Desh Bhagat Dental College & Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India.
Sonu AcharyaDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, India.
DhavalNiranjan MehtaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narsinbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand PatelUniversity, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
Santosh KumarDepartment of Periodontology, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Kapil PaiwalDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Daswani Dental College & Research Center, Kota, India.

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Abstract

The use of herbal mouthrinse is gaining momentum in recent years. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effect of 2 herbal mouthrinse (curcumin, cinnamon) in comparison with2 conventional mouthrinse (povidone iodine, chlorhexidine) when used as coolant in dental ultrasonic scalers. Hence, 200 participants were included in this study. Analysis of gingival index, periodontal index at baseline and one month follow up was completed. The inhibitory effects of both conventional and herbal mouth rinse in gingival health are similar. However, cinnamon and curcumin owing to its minimal adverse effects and low cost is useful as an alternative to chlorhexidine for reducing bacterial load in dental aerosols produced due to ultrasonic scalers.

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bacterial load and dental aerosolsChlorhexidinecinnamon extractcurcuminpovidone iodinereductionultrasonic coolant

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