We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Evaluation of herbal and chemical-based mouthwash against oral pathogens.
- Authors
Nagalingam, M.; Vikramathithan, M.; Gandhi, A. Dhanesh; Rajeshkumar, S.
- Abstract
In the present study, the efficacy of the aqueous extract Terminalia chebula compared with a chemical mouthwash chlorhexidine. Plants are major natural resources used in antimicrobial activity and used as an anticariogenic mouth rinse now a day. The objective of the study was to observe, in high caries risk individuals, the effect of gargling with the extract of T. chebula, and chlorhexidine the following were measured: Change in the pH of saliva, change in the buffering capacity of saliva, and change in the microbial count in saliva.
- Publication
Drug Invention Today, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1, p147
- ISSN
0975-7619
- Publication type
Academic Journal