Title

Evaluation of herbal and chemical-based mouthwash against oral pathogens.

Authors

Nagalingam, M.; Vikramathithan, M.; Gandhi, A. Dhanesh; Rajeshkumar, S.

Abstract

In the present study, the efficacy of the aqueous extract Terminalia chebula compared with a chemical mouthwash chlorhexidine. Plants are major natural resources used in antimicrobial activity and used as an anticariogenic mouth rinse now a day. The objective of the study was to observe, in high caries risk individuals, the effect of gargling with the extract of T. chebula, and chlorhexidine the following were measured: Change in the pH of saliva, change in the buffering capacity of saliva, and change in the microbial count in saliva.

Subjects

MOUTHWASHES; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; TERMINALIA chebula; CHLORHEXIDINE; ANTI-infective agents

Publication

Drug Invention Today, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1, p147

ISSN

0975-7619

Publication type

Academic Journal