Role of Herbal Based Mouthwashes in Plaque Control
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mouthwash Product.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Plaque Induced Gingival Disease. Basic parameters: 18 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Role of Herbal Based Mouthwashes in Plaque Control. a Randomized Clinical Control Trial
Overview
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
Interventions
- 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 plaqu
Primary outcome measures
- plaque score [Time frame: From Baseline-pre-intervention to the end of treatment at 4 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- gingival bleeding score [Time frame: from pre-intervention to the end of the treatment at 4 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients who are medically fit
- Patients with gingival inflammation not progressed into periodontitis (AAP classification
- Patients between the age of 18-60 years
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who are medically compromised
- Patient who have undergone a periodontal therapy for the past 3 months
- Patients who are healthy but have been using herbal mouthwashes
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Screening
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06711263 · Ajman Herbal mouthwash 2425