Effect of Water Rinsing After Topical Fluoride Application on Dental Plaque pH

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Caries
• Interventions: Procedure: cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy

• Registration Number: NCT01569165
• Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to determine whether rinsing with water or cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy affect the dental plaque pH.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-10
• Study Completion: 2011-11
• Status Verified: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy people (Without any systemic disease)
• normal unstimulated salivary rate

Exclusion Criteria

• Active dental caries
• taking any medication with any effect on saliva rate
• taking antibiotic (or antibacterial mouth rinses) during last 4 weeks
• usig fluoride mouth rinses during last 2 weeks.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
washing after 30 min	cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy	washing with water after 30 min following APF treatment
washing after 15 min	cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy	washing with water after 15 min following APF treatment
immediately washing with water	cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy	immediately washing with water after APF treatment
cleansing teeth with cotton roll	cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy	cleansing teeth with cotton roll immediately following APF treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
dental plaque PH	the pH of 48-hour dental plaque was measured using plaque sampling method before (baseline pH) and after sucrose challenge at 5, 10,15,20,30 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
maximum pH drop	5,10,15,20 and 30 min after sucrose chalenge
pH recovery time	within 30 min after sucrose challenge	time for returning to the baseline pH

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dental School - Mashhad University of Medical Siences; 🇮🇷 Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran, Islamic Republic of