Open AccessCalotropis gigantea extract as a potential anticariogenic agents against Streptococcus mutans: An in vivo comparative evaluation
Author(s) -
Meenakshi Sharma,
Sandeep Tandon,
Ullal Anand Nayak,
Damodhar Kappadi,
Ambika Singh Rathore,
Anil Goyal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/jcd.jcd_13_16
Subject(s) - streptococcus mutans , saliva , chlorhexidine , dentistry , medicine , mouth rinse , crossover study , in vivo , gigantea , washout , biology , bacteria , placebo , pathology , genetics , alternative medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , botany
The current study was intended to evaluate and compare the in vivo efficacy of Calotropis gigantea mouth rinse as anticariogenic agents with 0.2% chlorhexidine and Listerine mouth rinse.