Worldwide, oral cancer represents approximately 5 per cent of all malignant lesions, with over 800 new intra-oral squamous cell carcinomas registered in Australia each year. Despite recent advances in therapy, the five-year survival rate remains around 50 per cent and the sequelae of treatment can be seriously debilitating. It has been long established that smoking and alcohol consumption are r...

Introduction: Modern dentistry emphasizes the importance of dental plaque control to improve oral health. To that end the development of oral care formulations has been geared toward the incorporation of antiplaque agents that may play a crucial role in oral health maintenance. Aims: The aims of this work were to incorporate chitosan produced by Lactobacillus plantarum into a mouthwash matrix a...

Denture stomatitis is the chronic inflammation of mucus along with the presence and activity of Candida albicans. Ginger, which is a herb with antibacterial and antifungal proportion, has shown proven effects against Candida albicans. In this study the effects of ginger mouthwashes and nystatin mouthwashes on the treatment of denture stomatitis have been compared. This study was conducted in a ...

Objective: Hospital formulations containing allopurinol and rebamipide are used in the prophylactic and therapeutic management of stomatitis, owing to their antioxidant powers. The objective of this study was to measure the antioxidant powers of Zyloric® tablets (allopurinol), Mucosta® tablets (rebamipide), different hospital formulations indicated in the management of stomatitis (allopurinol a...

Background and aims. Streptococcus mutans is the main pathogenic agent involved in dental caries, and may be eliminated using mouthwashes. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of fluoride, chlorhexidine, and fluoride-chlorhexidine mouthwashes on salivary S. mutans count after two weeks of use and determine the prevalence of their side effects on the oral mucosa. Materials and ...

The color of dental restorative material should be maintained throughout its functional lifetime in an oral environment. However, the frequent use of mouthwash may affect the color stability of these composite restorations. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of using various mouthwashes on the color stability of various dental restorative composite materials. For this purpose, four ...

1Lecturer of Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Medical science, October 6th University, Egypt A b s t r a c t Dental caries and throat infections are still considered as serious public health problems and inflict a costly burden to health care services around the world and especially in developing countries. In the present study six mouthwashes were evaluated against six oral microorganisms usin...

This study aid to describe the advantages of herbal mouthwash therapy in Oral Lichen Planus (OLP). systematic review was carried out using PRISMA methods. The selected articles were published last five years from PubMed and Google Scholar with keywords mouthwash, mouth rinse, conducted June 2022. assessment risk bias uses Oxford Scoring System. A total 2225 journals found, seven obtained throug...