NCT07060053

The Effect of Oil Pulling on Oral Health-related Quality of Life

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christine Zürcher · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To date, there are no studies assessing the impact of mouth rinses on the oral health-related quality of life in healthy patients with gingivitis. Thus, this study aimed to assess the effect of oil pulling on the OHRQoL using the 14-item OHIP questionnaire (OHIP-14). The null hypothesis stated, that there would be no significant difference in OHIP-14 scores between individuals with gingivitis performing oil pulling with sesam-based oil and those using distilled water over an eight-week period.

Conditions

• Oral Health Related Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	sesame oil	15min of oil pulling with 15ml sesame-based oil for 8 weeks
OTHER	distilled water	15min rinsing with 15ml distilled water for 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-04
• Primary completion: 2023-06-22
• Completion: 2023-06-22
• First posted: 2025-07-11
• Last updated: 2025-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria