Comparison of antimicrobial efficacy of Acacia catechu mouthrinse and HiOra herbal mouthrinse and their influence on Streptococcus mutans count and Lactobacillus spp. count in children with early childhood caries.

BACKGROUND

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a chronic, infectious disease affecting young children. Though several preventive methods/measures are, the awareness about the benefits of a Ayurvedic preparation and its limited side effects is high. Thus, aim of this study was to compare efficacy of Ayurvedic formulations in reduction of the micro-organism causing ECC.

METHOD

In a double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trial 60 children between 6 and 71 months age with ECC were divided into group I (n=20, control group), group II (n=20, group) and group III (n=20, HiOra group). Unstimulated saliva was collected pre and after 16 day post mouthrinse. The baseline microbiological colony count was performed for and Lactobacillus spp. The results obtained were statistically analysed using non parametric test.

RESULTS

There was significant reduction in the amount of colony-forming units (cfu) between the control and the treatment groups. In the HiOra group the reduction of cfu was tendentially greater (p>0.05) than in the group. In the HiOra group only significant reduction of was seen, whereas in the group significant reduction of and Lactobacillus spp. was seen.

CONCLUSION

Reduction in total microorganisms was less significant among the experimental groups. However the reduction in total colony count was greater in HiOra followed by and the control group showed lesser reduction value.