COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF CHEWING FENNEL SEEDS, CARDAMOM SEEDS, CAROM SEEDS AND ITS MIXTURE ON ACIDITY OF SALIVA AND PLAQUE,SUGAR IN SALIVA, BUFFERING CAPACITY AND ITS ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY ON STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS AND LACTOBACILLUS.
Phase 3
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/05/033811
- Lead Sponsor
- DR ASMITA RAMESH HAMAND
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Individuals who are willing to participate.
2.Completely dentate individuals
3.Having normal salivary flow
Exclusion Criteria
1. Subjects undergoing topical fluoride therapy, chemotherapeutic procedures, antibiotics and drugs having effect upon salivary function/salivary pH/plaque formation or plaque pH.
2. Individuals who refrain from Fennel seeds and/or cardamom seeds and/or carom seeds due to allergic or personal reasons.
3. Subjects suffering from any systemic diseases/ taking any medication that affects salivary secretion.
4. Individuals who are not willing to participate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There is a difference in the effect of chewing fennel seeds, cardamom seeds, carom seeds and combination of seeds on salivary pH, plaque pH, salivary glucose and salivary buffering capacity.Timepoint: Before and after giving interventions on same day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There is a difference in the effect of chewing fennel seeds, cardamom seeds, carom seeds and combination of seeds on salivary pH, plaque pH, salivary glucose and salivary buffering capacity.Timepoint: Before and after giving interventions on same day