چكيده لاتين :
Dental plaque is a we ll known etio log ic fact or for gingiv itis . Rec ently, herbal extra cts arc a
matter of sc ientific interest to inhibit plaque accumul ation on teeth . The purpose of this study
was to eva luate the effects of Germ an Chamomile (GC) mouth wash on plaqu e and gingival
indic es.
Twenty five gin gi viti s patients ( 15 fem ale and 10 male, mean age 27±7.76 years)
participated in this controll ed, double bl ind cross-over study. The subj ects used either GC or a
control rinse for 2 min twice a day dur ing a 4 weeks period. The other mouth rinse was used
after a wash-out period of 4 weeks in the same way. The plaque and gi ngiva l indices were
recorded at baseline and afte r each experimenta l or was h-out per iod . Furthermore, stain indices
for intens ity and extend were recorded to evaluate the tooth staining effects of the rnouthrinses.
The mean reduction in plaque and ging iva l scores we re determined by usin g the test or control
mou thwash and statis tica lly analyzed by paired sam ple t- test. The stain intensity and ex tend
in eac h period of the study were a lso ana lyzed by the two-way ANOVA.
The GC mouthwas h lowered bo th plaque and ging ival scores sig nifican tly in comparison
to the control rinse (p:SO.OOI), whil st there was no significant difference in stain inten sity or
extend between the basel ine and after eac h period of the study. There was also no report of any
adverse reactions during the use of mouth rinses in this the study .
Using GC mouthwash appears to offer benefit in plaque and ging ival reduction without any
sig nificant adve rse effects on tooth staining.
