NCT06711263

Role of Herbal Based Mouthwashes in Plaque Control

Role of Herbal Based Mouthwashes in Plaque Control. a Randomized Clinical Control Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ajman University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years. Traditional herbal medicine is used by an estimated 80% of the world's population for primary health care. Herbal treatments have gained popularity as a dietary supplement for illness prevention and as an alternative/complementary therapy in recent years. Herbal remedies come in a wide variety of forms and can be found on the market all over the world.

Detailed description

Herbal mouthwashes have been increasingly popular over time. Ethnomedicines are the term used to describe them. Various substances have been tested, with phytopharmacological analyses yielding contradictory results. Many previous studies had tested the antiplaque efficiency of one herbal mouthwash with contradicting results, other studies have tested the Antiplaque efficiency of chlorhexidine, tea tree oil and Miswak, some studies had given positive outcomes and benefits of Miswak on the gingiva and others when comparing between the efficacy of Miswak over chlorhexidine mouth wash in dental practice provided results favouring both these mouthwashes. In our proposed study we will compare the antiplaque efficiency of three herbal kinds of mouthwash, Miswak, tea tree oil and Resveratrol mouthwash. Plaque and gingival bleeding scores will be taken before the study from 6 different teeth and retaken after 2 weeks and four weeks respectively the use of the mouthwash. This study is single-blinded. Antiplaque and gingival bleeding scores from the three mouthwashes will be recorded over a period of a month and statistical analysis will be performed

Conditions

• Plaque Induced Gingival Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mouthwash Product	* In the Initial Visit-Baseline, and subsequent visits, participants will be called in the morning. Morning hours will be chosen for examination, as it will reduce the risk of bias and also help in quantifying results. plaque and gingival scores will be recorded and the First herbal mouthwashes will be given, participants will also be provided new tooth-brushes (Oral B-soft). * They will be asked to follow their routine oral hygiene habits. They will be asked to come back after 2 weeks for plaque and gingival bleeding scores recording for the second visit and again after 2weeks post the second visit for the third and final visit to record their plaque and gingival bleeding scores.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-20
• Primary completion: 2025-02-20
• Completion: 2025-03-20
• First posted: 2024-12-02
• Last updated: 2024-12-02