A double‐blind randomized placebo‐controlled study on the clinical and microbial effects of an essential oil mouth rinse used by patients in supportive periodontal care

Abstract

Patients in supportive periodontal care who are fairly compliant with oral hygiene may not benefit from additional mouth rinsing using an essential oil solution.

Listerine® Products: An Update on the Efficacy and Safety

“…Table 1 summarizes the studies published since January 2012. Using the term 'Listerine', ten studies on the effectiveness of Listerine® were identified (Charles et al, 2012;Cortelli et al, 2013Cortelli et al, , 2014Cosyn et al, 2013;Goutham et al, 2013;Miranda Rda et al, 2014;Parikh-Das et al, 2013;Samuels et al, 2012;Singh et al, 2013;Wikén Albertsson et al, 2013). Only one study was identified on safety (Bagan et al, 2012).…”

Effect of compliance during periodontal maintenance therapy on levels of bacteria associated with periodontitis: A 6‐year prospective study

“…In addition to the compliance evaluation, special attention should be given to observations in the fourth (T4) and the sixth year (T5) of monitoring, which are unpublished aspects of the follow‐up of this cohort. In the available studies on PMT, the follow‐up periods were shorter: 3 months, 9 months or 12 months, and 2 years or 3 years . It was not known, until now, whether PMT would be sufficient to maintain good periodontal condition over 6 years.…”

“…Recent systematic reviews have pointed out that studies evaluating periodontal clinical outcomes during PMT are numerous . However, few studies have focused on microbiological changes over time during PMT …”

Optimization of quantitative polymerase chain reactions for detection and quantification of eight periodontal bacterial pathogens

“…The optimized assays were implemented to evaluate the microbial effects of an essential oils mouth rinse used by patients in supportive periodontal care [32]. Briefly, during a 3-month double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study, these qPCR assays were used to evaluate the microbial effects of an essential oils mouth rinse used as an adjunct approach to mechanical plaque control by patients in supportive periodontal care.…”

“…Clinical isolates, which were not traceable to the patient, and reference isolates were used. The clinical samples used for the study mentioned that was published elsewhere [32], were covered by the ethical committee approval: B67020097225 (Belgian registration number). These clinical samples were collected from the deepest periodontal pocket per quadrant.…”