Open AccessComparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of chlorhexidine, sodium fluoride, fluoride with essential oils, alum, green tea, and garlic with lime mouth rinses on cariogenic microbes
Author(s) -
Ann Mary Thomas,
Sneha Thakur,
Sanjana Mhambrey
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.161759
Subject(s) - streptococcus mutans , chlorhexidine , fluoride , alum , triclosan , food science , lime , mouth rinse , sodium fluoride , antimicrobial , chemistry , dentistry , medicine , bacteria , biology , inorganic chemistry , paleontology , genetics , organic chemistry , pathology
A number of natural mouth rinse formulations are being proposed as an alternative to the widely used chemical mouth rinses.