Effectiveness of Alternative Methods for Toothbrush Disinfection: An<i>In Vitro</i>Study

Peker, İlkay; Akca, Gülçin; Sarikir, Cigdem; Alkurt, Meryem Toraman; Çelik, İrem

doi:10.1155/2014/726190

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“…On the other hand, the toothbrushes sprayed with 1% sodium hypochlorite presented no S. mutans growth. This result is in agreement with the findings of previous studies 22,24 , in which there was absence or low percentage of S. mutans growth on toothbrushes after using this solution to disinfect the bristles. Sodium hypochlorite has bactericidal and fungicidal effect on the surface and depth of biofilm.…”

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Is pomegranate peels infusion effective for disinfection of toothbrushes?

Freire

Campos

Carvalho

et al. 2016

Rev. odontol. UNESP

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Introduction Methods of decontamination or sanitization of toothbrushes have been questioned. Objective This study assessed the effectiveness of pomegranate peels infusion as a disinfectant of toothbrushes against Streptococcus mutans. Material and method A sample of 16 schoolchildren aged between 7 and 9 years performed brushing 5 days/week, with a careful brushing once a day. After each day of brushing, the toothbrushes were washed and sprayed with one disinfectant solution. This procedure was repeated for 4 weeks using one of the different solutions per week: distilled water (G1; negative control), pomegranate (Punica granatum Linn) peels infusion (G2), 1% sodium hypochlorite (G3) and 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate (G4). After the fifth day, toothbrushes were collected for laboratory analysis. Toothbrushes heads were subjected to agitation in saline dilution of 10–1, 10–2,10–3, and 25 μL of each dilution were seeded in mitis salivarius agar culture medium for S. mutans colony-forming unit (CFU) counting. One calibrated examiner (Kappa = 0.91) performed the CFU (mL–1 × 104) counts. Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn Multiple Comparison tests were used at a significance level of 5%. Result G1 presented the highest number of CFU (3.9 ± 8.4), followed by G2 (3.2 ± 4.0). No S. mutans growth was observed in G3 and G4. There was no statistically significant difference between G1 and G2 and between G3 and G4 (p>0.05). Conclusion Pomegranate infusion was completely ineffective for the disinfection of toothbrushes against S. mutans when compared with 1% sodium hypochlorite and 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate solutions.

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confidence: 93%

Is pomegranate peels infusion effective for disinfection of toothbrushes?

Freire

Campos

Carvalho

et al. 2016

Rev. odontol. UNESP

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“…Such results are compatible with a study showed that the concentration (60.5ml/100ml) vinegar was effective in when samples were immersed for one hour [31], while incompatible with study of Hayder et al [35] who reported that apple cider vinegar (5%) has significant antifungal effect against C.albicans and Non-C. albicans when compared with the negative control. White vinegar was found to be inefficient in reduction of the number of C. albicans colonies that adhered to specimens [29], however Peker et al [36] have reported that white vinegar was the most effective disinfecting agent for tested microorganisms and acrylic resins. C. albicans revealed full sensitivity of each of hydrogen peroxide, detol and lugol's iodine (Table 2) at all concentration 1%-5%.…”

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Activity of Some Disinfectants, Detergents and Essential Oils on Growth of the yeast Candida albicans

AL-Salihi

Jumaah

2017

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The study was conducted for estimating antifungal activity against Candida albicans of ten essential oil, garlic and onion juice, eight disinfectants and detergents by using agar diffusion well method. The results showed high activity of clove oil, onion juice 50%, thyme oil, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), lugol's iodine and detol for all the five concentration, sodium chloride (NaCl) and sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3 ) at 5%, while the effect of apple cider vinegar were at 60% and 80%. Sodium hypochlorite showed moderate activity at all concentration. The result of combination between clove oil and coconut oil led to synergistic effect while the combination between each of (1, 2, 3 % H 2 O 2 with each of apple cider vinegar and NaCl), (sodium chloride with apple cider vinegar) and (pumpkin oil with clove oil) lead to antagonism as well as the same results were reported when apple cider vinegar mixed with each of (thyme oil) and (clove oil with coconut oil). On the other hand, there is no synergistic or antagonistic effect of combination between 4-5% of H 2 O 2 with apple cider vinegar and NaCl solution to the growth of C. albicans. It was concluded that solitary use of compounds (clove oil, onion juice, thyme oil, H 2 O 2 , NaCl, lugol's iodine, detol, and apple cider vinegar) was associated with high antifungal response regarding C. albicans; efficacy was reduced when used in combination. In exception to above finding synergistic effect was identified when a combination between clove oil and coconut oil.

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“…In view of low toxicity, low cost and a viable home-use application, apple vinegar and hydrogen peroxide showed the best antimicrobial activity against reference strains in screening tests (agar well diffusion and MIC/MMC evaluation). Vinegar and hydrogen peroxide have been suggested as interesting alternatives for the disinfection of other materials 19,20,[25][26][27][28][29] .…”

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