The research on the association of the Body mass index and Dental caries has indicated inconsistent results in the previous studies. Therefore, the present review intended to re analyse the relationship between Body mass index and Dental caries. The databases used to search were Pubmed, Embase, Journal of the web using the following mesh terms, Body mass index, overweight, underweight, Obesity, DMFT, Tooth decay, child. The other methods were the manual searches of the reference lists of all selected studies, reviews, conference proceedings with complete information. The results were evaluated based on the 3 groups as an association of Dental caries and BMI for Primary teeth, mixed dentition and permanent teeth. The studies should consider the review based on the individual country specific BMI-for-age centiles to reduce the heterogeneities in the results as it causes inconclusive results.
A
bstract
Introduction
Among the various plants studied, cinnamon has emerged as a potential herbal antimicrobial agent. Besides the medicinal plants, recently probiotics have also been recognized to affect cinnamon bark oil
Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans)
and other harmful oral and gut microflora.
Aim and objective
This placebo-controlled study aims to compare the antimicrobial potential of cinnamon bark oil incorporated and probiotic blend [
Lactobacillus plantarum
(TSP-Lp1), and
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
(TSP-Lrh1)] incorporated mucoadhesive patch against salivary
S. mutans
in caries active 7–10-year-old children.
Design
It was a double-blinded placebo-controlled study with
n
= 60. They were randomly allotted into three groups—Group I: Cinnamon patch, group II: probiotic patch, and group III: control patch (placebo) with
n
= 20 in each group.
Materials and methods
The study was carried out in three phases. In the first phase, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cinnamon bark oil was determined against
S. mutans
followed by the formulation of cinnamon and probiotic patches. After a washout period of 2 weeks and a collection of baseline saliva samples, these patches were tested on the subjects from respective groups for 14 days with twice a day placement protocol. On the 15th day, saliva samples were collected and cultured, CFU/mL of the saliva of
S. mutans
for each subject was recorded and compared with baseline samples. Feedback in the form of a questionnaire was obtained from the patients.
Statistical analysis
Descriptive statistics, paired
t
-test for intragroup comparison, unpaired
t
-test for intergroup comparison, analysis of variance (ANOVA) for intergroup comparison, and
post hoc
Scheffe's.
Results
The results showed that both cinnamon patch and probiotic patch were comparable to each other in terms of their anti-
S. mutans
activity. The intragroup comparison of the CFU/mL count showed a highly significant reduction from baseline to post-intervention for both the groups (
p
= 0.001).
Conclusion
Both cinnamon and probiotic blend have a strong antimicrobial property owing to their ability to cause significant reduction in salivary
S. mutans
and both the patches showed good patient acceptance.
How to cite this article
Gandhi HA, Srilatha KT, Deshmukh S,
et al.
Comparison of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Cinnamon Bark Oil Incorporated and Probiotic Blend Incorporated ...
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