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ArticleJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics

Coffee pulp: From a by-product of coffee production to a potential anticariogenic mouth rinse! An

P B Keerthan Bollamma, K K Nanjamma, K C Ponnappa

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Article in Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Green coffee infusion: An endodontic elixir.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

P B Keerthan BollammaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
K K NanjammaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.
K C PonnappaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Dental caries is a prevalent disease despite various efforts made toward its prevention. The drawbacks of the available preventive agents have led to the quest for a potentially more effective agent with fewer adverse effects. Coffee, a local produce of Coorg, is one such herbal alternative. This study aims to assess the potential antimicrobial activity of Robusta coffee pulp extracts on Methodology: A total of 39 participants were divided into three groups with 13 participants each, after obtaining ethical clearance and informed consent: Group A (negative control), sterile water; Group B (positive control), 0.2% chlorhexidine mouth rinse; and Group C, 2.5% coffee pulp extract rinse (prepared according to minimum inhibitory concentration). The saliva samples were collected from the patients in a sterile Eppendorf tube at prerinse for baseline, at 1-h postrinse, and at the end of 2 weeks. The Results: Coffee pulp mouth rinse ( Conclusion and Clinical Relevance: The coffee pulp extract-based mouth rinse is a potential anticariogenic agent that offers few advantages over chlorhexidine as no instances of staining, altered taste, or any allergic reactions were reported by the subjects.

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Caries preventionRobusta coffee extractsStreptococcus mutans

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PMID38292736
PMCPMC10823970

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