Effects of 1% Matricaria Chamomile Mouth Rinse for the Management of Chronic Periodontitis: a Double Blind Randomized, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial

This double blind, randomized, placebo controlled, parallel clinical trial involved seventy five patients, suffering with chronic periodontitis, which were randomly divided in three groups: negative control (SRP+placebo), positive control (SRP+0.12% CHX), and test group (SRP+1% MTC mouth rinse). Mouth rinsing (adjunctive therapy) was continued for 1 month.The primary outcome of this study was CAL, while PPD was the secondary outcome measure. A single clinician (AA) who was blinded to the groups assigned to the individuals, recorded all the parameters i.e. PI, GI, SBI, PPD, CAL, GR, SI at base line (prior to the treatment), 1 and 3 months after therapy. PPD, CAL and GR were recorded at the six sites per tooth in every tooth, except third molar, with a manual UNC-15 periodontal probe (Hu-Friedy, Leinmen, Germany) to the nearest millimeter. For recording of parameters at different time periods patients were instructed to refrain from any oral hygiene procedure for 8 hours prior to the evaluation. Staining of the six maxillary anterior teeth was assessed using the Lobene index. CFUs of P. ginigvalis, T. forsythia, and T. denticola were evaluated at baseline , 1 months, 3 months.