A clinical trial to study the effects of four different toothpaste, probiotic,green tea, chlorhexidine and fluoride on oral bacteria
Phase 2
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/10/007404
- Lead Sponsor
- R Prabakar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 52
Inclusion Criteria
a) Apparently Healthy dental students without any known history of systemic illness above 18- 25yrs of age.
b) Dental students with habit of tooth brushing twice daily
Exclusion Criteria
a) Patients with positive history of usage of anti microbial therapy in the last 3 months
b) Patients with history of hypersensitivity to any of the medicaments to be used.
c) Patients with orthodontic brackets
d) Patients with Dental fluorosis
e) Patients with systemic illness
f) Pregnant or lactating mother
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oral Hygiene evaluation- <br/ ><br>Plaque Index (Silness and Loe) <br/ ><br>Gingival Index(loe and silness) <br/ ><br>Microbiological evaluation- <br/ ><br>plaque, saliva samples for <br/ ><br>Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguis <br/ ><br>and lactobacilli. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: <br/ ><br>baseline, 15th and 30th day <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method nilTimepoint: nil