Hence, finally, our study showed that green tea catechin is effective as a mouth wash against S. mutans and having better action in plaque as compared to saliva. It can be used as an adjunct to commercially available mouthwashes.
Endodontic treatment using a mixture of zinc oxide powder and aloe vera gel in primary teeth has shown good clinical and radiographic success. A detailed observational study with longer follow-up will highlight the benefits of aloe vera in primary teeth as an obturating medium.
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the antimicrobial efficacy of magnetized water as a mouthwash on colony count of Streptococcus mutans in children.
Materials and methods:Total sample size of 30 children were selected out of screened 290 children by simple random sampling between the age group of 7 and 12 years. The study was conducted over a period of 2 weeks. After selection of the children according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, children were allowed using 10 mL of 72 hours magnetized water for 3 minutes twice in a day for a period of 2 weeks, and further plaque and saliva samples were collected at 1-and 2-week intervals from baseline. Microbiological analysis of plaque and saliva samples was done by Dentocult SM strip kit (Orion Diagnostica, Finland), and the results were statistically analyzed and tabulated.Results: Statistically, there was highly significant reduction in S. mutans count in plaque as well as in saliva after 1-and 2-week intervals from baseline.
Conclusion:So, finally our study showed that magnetized water is as effective a mouthwash against S. mutans and has better action in plaque as compared with saliva. It can be used as an adjunct to commercially available mouthwashes.
Edentulism can be a debilitating handicap. Nowadays, most dental surgeons believe that the most basic restoration for the edentulous mandible should be an implant retained overdenture with two implants placed in the anterior mandible. Treatment options for edentulous mandible range from complete denture to implant supported fixed restorations implant retained and tissue supported overdentures, implant retained and implant supported over dentures and hybrid fixed prostheses or bone anchored bridges. With proper selection and treatment planning, using dental implants to support restoration replacing missing teeth can provide long lasting functional and aesthetic restorations. However, in atrophic mandible many problems can arise. In this rare case report, we are highlighting some of the challenges involved in management of atrophic edentulous mandible in a diabetic old patient with implant retained tissue supported overdentures, (IRTOD) which later required inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) trans positioning due to severely atrophic mandible and resulted in accidental mandibular fracture. The key to prevent these types of failures is proper treatment planning. With this article we want to enlighten some useful keys for preventing these kinds of failures.
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