Mild Gingivitis

Periodontal Diseases

Plaque

Licorice, since years is known for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiprotozoal, antioxidative, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective, immunomodulatory and antitumour activity. Licorice can be beneficial for oral health. Glycyrrhizin, the sweet component of licorice root has antiplaque property. Pterocarpenes isolated from G. uralensis root extract exerts an antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans.

Licorice

The antiseptic and bactericidal qualities of salt help in removing plaque which is a cause of gingivitis and caries. Warming water with a pinch of table salt can reduce or even be an alternative to anti-inflammatory drugs intra-orally. Its high osmolality reduces inflammation and can be microbicidal. Moreover, efficacy of luke warm hypertonic salt solution has shown antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties.

Hypertonic salt solution

Essential oils have a wide application in folk medicine, food flavoring and preservation as well as in fragrance industries. The antimicrobial properties of essential oils have been known for many centuries. In recent years, a large number of essential oils and their constituents have been investigated for their antimicrobial properties against some bacteria and fungi. Essential oils have the potential to be used as therapeutic agents for chronic gingivitis and periodontitis conditions that have both bacterial and inflammatory components.

Essential oil

Chlorhexidine is a symmetrical bisbiguanide synthetic antiseptic. It is available in three forms, digluconate, acetate and hydrochloride salts. Which have broad spectrum antimicrobial activity; it is effective against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria including aerobes and anaerobes, yeasts, fungi and lipid enveloped viruses. Chlorhexidine is considered to be the most effective plaque inhibitor against which other antiplaque agents are measured.

Chlorhexidine Gluconate

Distilled water is commonly placebo in various research projects and it is also useful in as placebo treatment.

Distilled water

Evaluation of Antiplaque Efficacy of Licorice Extract Mouthrinse & HSS and Their Comparison With EO & CHX Mouthrinse

Evaluation Of Antiplaque Efficacy Of Licorice Extract Mouthrinse & Hypertonic Salt Solution And Their Comparison With Essential Oil & Chlorhexidine Mouthrinses-An Invitro & Invivo Study"

Modified Plaque Index (Turesky, Gilmore, Glickman modification of Quigely Hein Index, 1970) after disclosing the teeth with two tone solution the PI was recorded. Facial and lingual aspects were scored with PI. Scoring was as follows: 0 - No plaque/debris 1 - Separate flecks of plaque at the cervical margin of the tooth. 2 - A thin continuous band of plaque (up to 1mm) at the cervical margin of the tooth. 3 - A band of plaque wider than 1 mm but covering less than one third of the crown of the tooth 4 - plaque covering at least one third but less than two thirds of the crown of the tooth. 5 - Plaque covering two third or more of the crown of the tooth. Modified Plaque Index = Total score / no. of surfaces examined.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial (like an antifungal, antibiotic or bacteriostatic) drug that will inhibit the visible growth of a microorganism after overnight incubation). Tested against following periopathogens: Porphyromona sgingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, fusobacteriumnucleatum, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Capnocytophaga, Tannerella forsythia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus mutans, E. faecalis, and Candida.

Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) is the lowest concentration of an antibacterial agent required to kill a particular bacterium. It can be determined from broth dilution minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests by sub culturing to agar plates that do not contain the test agent. Tested against following periopathogens: Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, fusobacterium nucleatum, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Capnocytophaga, Tannerella forsythia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus mutans, E. faecalis, and Candida.

Dr. Ruchi Gulati

Post Graduate Student

Government College of Dentistry, Indore

Triamcinolone acetonide mucoadhesive films 1 mg every 6 hours for two weeks.

Licorice mucoadhesive films 1 mg every 6 hours for two weeks.

Oral Lichen Planus

licorice mucoadhesive films evey 6 hours for two weeks

Triamcinolone Acetonide

Comparison of Triamcinolone Acetonide Mucoadhesive Film and Licorice Mucoadhesive Film Effect on Lichen Planus

Comparison of Triamcinolone Acetonide Mucoadhesive Film and Licorice Mucoadhesive Film Effect on the Duration and Symptoms of Lesions That Caused by Symptomatic Oral Lichen Planus

Pain severity was measured by visual analogue scale : 0 for no pain and 10 for most painful experience

glycyrrhizin/dental caries

Evaluation of Antiplaque Efficacy of Licorice Extract Mouthrinse & HSS and Their Comparison With EO & CHX Mouthrinse

Comparison of Triamcinolone Acetonide Mucoadhesive Film and Licorice Mucoadhesive Film Effect on Lichen Planus

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