Original scientific paper
The effect of a medicinal herb mouthwash on inflamed gingival tissue
Jelena Aurer-Koželj
; Zavod za parodontologiju, Stomatološki fakultet Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ksenija Jorgić-Srđak
; Zavod za parodontologiju, Stomatološki fakultet Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Ivić
; Zavod za farmakologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dragutin Tomić
; Zavod za farmakologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Z. Žagar
; Zavod za mikrobiologiju Stomatološkog fakuluteta, Zagreb, Hrvatska
A. Baučić
; Zavod za mikrobiologiju Stomatološkog fakuluteta, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The effect of »Rastlinska ustna voda za desni« (Medicinal Herb Mouthwash) on inflamed gingival tissue has been investigated. In Group A, where the examinees used the mouthwash only, without receiving parodontal therapy, the PI index fell from 2.8 to 1.4, and the SB index from 2.7 to 1.9. In Group B, where the patients received parallel parodontal therapy and the upper jaw served as control, the decrease in the SB index was approximately equal in the control (2.5 to 1.8) and the experimental jaw (2.3 to 1.7). In Group C, where half of the examinees rinsed their mouths daily with the diluted herbal mouthwash and the other half with tap water (control group), there was a relatively slower decrease in the PI values in the control group (2.1 to 1.7) compared to the decrease in the experimental group (2.2 to 1.2). The values of the SB index decreased from 2.6 to 2.1 in the experimental group, while in the control group there was a somewhat slower decrease - from 2.5 to 2.3. The results have shown that the clinical condition of the parodontium miproved during the application of this preparation when adequate therapeutic measures were also used, and that this mouthwash, prepared from medicinal herbs, can be included among recommended preparations.
Keywords
inflamation; gingiva; herbal mouthwash
Hrčak ID:
105525
URI
Publication date:
15.12.1984.
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