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Article In Journal |
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EFFECT OF CHLORHEXIDINE VARNISH AND STANNOUS FLUORIDE EFFECT OF CHLORHEXIDINE VARNISH AND STANNOUS FLUORIDE |
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Document Language |
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English |
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Abstract |
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Thorough plaque control is very difficult in children with fixed space maintaining appliances and the use
of chemotherapeutical agents have been shown to be useful adjuncts in plaque control of these patients.
The purpose of this work was to study and compare the long -term inhibitory effect of professionally
applied, chlorhexidine varnish and stannous fluoride solution on salivary strep-tococcus mutans count in
high caries-risk children using fixed lingual arch space maintainers, Fif-teen high caries-risk children 7 to
la years old scheduled for fixed lingual arch space maintainers were divided into 3 groups (n=5): Group I
received chlorhexidine varnish application every 3 months, group II received topical application of
stannous tluoride solution every 3. months and group II was a negative control group, All children
continued normal oral hygiene habits during the study, Salivary samples were taken at the base line and
subsequently at each month till the end of this nine-month study to assess salivary streptococcus mutans
count. Throughout the study. chlorhexidine var-nish significantly reduced salivary streptococcus mu tans
count in comparison to stannous fluoride or control groups with observed carry over effect. Moreover,
during the experiment chlorhexidine varnish resulted in decreasing streptococcus mutans count in all
salivary samples below the specific high caries- risk threshold of 2,5x 106 CFU\mL. Also. children treated
with stannous fluoride solution (group 1I) demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of salivary
streptococcus mutans count compared to the control group, However, the inhibitory effect of stannous
fluoride W:1S found to be of short duration: 2 months after each application, salivary streptococcus
mutans Cl1unt returned to almost its original level. In the control group. streptococcus mutans count
gradually increased throughout the trial. According to the findings, it can be suggested that. periodic
topical chlorhexidine varnish application or more frequently applied stannous fluoride solution can effectively
suppress streptococcus mutans in children with an estimated risk for caries development during
fixed preventive orthodontic therapy.
* Department of Pedodontics and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University |
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Journal Name |
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Egyptian dental journal |
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50 |
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1 |
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2004 AH
2004 AD |
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Article |
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
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Researchers
| حاتم أمين | amin, Hatem | Investigator | Doctorate | hmohammed@kau.edu.sa |
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