Evaluation of holy basil mouthwash as an adjunctive plaque control agent in a four day plaque regrowth model | Zendy

M. Hosamane | Zendy; Anirudh B. Acharya | Zendy; C. Vij | Zendy; Dahryn Trivedi | Zendy; SB. Setty | Zendy; Srinath Thakur | Zendy

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Evaluation of holy basil mouthwash as an adjunctive plaque control agent in a four day plaque regrowth model

Author(s) -

M. Hosamane,

Anirudh B. Acharya,

C. Vij,

Dahryn Trivedi,

SB. Setty,

Srinath Thakur

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical and experimental dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 1989-5488

DOI - 10.4317/jced.51479

Subject(s) - prevotella intermedia , fusobacterium nucleatum , chlorhexidine , medicine , traditional medicine , placebo , oral hygiene , dentistry , dental plaque , periodontitis , porphyromonas gingivalis , alternative medicine , pathology

Various antibacterial and antiplaque agents are used in chemical plaque control but none are without their shortcomings. Chlorhexidine considered a gold standard, also has an array of side effects. To overcome these, numerous herbal extracts have been tried and tested and one among them is holy basil. The present study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of holy basil in vitro against some periodontopathogens and its antiplaque effect in vivo.

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