Abstract
Chlorhexidine (0.2%) is a ‘Gold Standard’ which is commercially available and effective mouth rinse which inhibits supragingival plaque formation and also reduction in the population of S. mutans after rinsing daily. Lately, it has been proved that the force of magnetism has a great influence on the living organism. Magnetized water has its effect on human body when taken regularly for a considerable period but its use in dentistry is still lacking.AimThis study was done to evaluate antibacterial efficacy and effect of dosage, frequency and duration of commercially available 0.2% chlorhexidine mouth rinse and conventionally prepared magnetized water on colony count of S. mutans.Materials and methodsA total of 50 subjects were selected between the age group of 5 to 12 years. A baseline sample was collected before starting with rinses. Then the subjects were divided in four major groups. Group I was chlorhexidine, group II was subdivided into group IIA and group IIB which were magnetized water groups (24 hours of magnetization) rinsing for 1 minute and 3 minutes respectively and group III was magnetized water (72 hours of magnetization) group rinsing for 3 minutes. The samples were collected and sent to microbiological laboratory for S. mutans count.ResultsThe obtained values of all the groups were subjected to statistical analysis.ConclusionThe reduction of S. mutans count of group III was almost in par with group I.
Highlights
The removal of supragingival and subgingival bacterial biofilm is a decisive component in the prevention and treatment of dental caries and periodontal diseases.The microorganisms in bacterial plaque cause inflammatory periodontal disease
The present study shows that rinsing for 3 minutes with magnetized water has more reduction in salivary S. mutans count than rinsing for 1 minute
The variables—dosage (10 ml) and frequency—are kept constant for all the groups and have significant effect on reducing the S. mutans count and plaque formation
Summary
The microorganisms in bacterial plaque cause inflammatory periodontal disease. For, this reason plaque control plays a significant role in the prevention of caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. This reason plaque control plays a significant role in the prevention of caries, gingivitis and periodontitis Both mechanical procedures and local chemotherapeutics (Cummins 1997)[1] are used for this purpose. Chlorhexidine gluconate, a cationic bis-biguanide was introduced for human use in 1957 in Great Britain. Chlorhexidine (0.2%) mouthrinse has shown antibacterial efficacy. C Rindom, WW Briner and H Loe (1976)[2] found a reduction of 30 to 50% in the population of S. mutans after rinsing with 10 ml of 0.2% chlorhexidine mouthrinse once daily
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