An in-vitro analysis of the antimicrobial efficacy of herbal toothpastes on selected primary plaque colonizers

dc.contributor.authorPeck, Mogammad T.
dc.contributor.authorAfrica, Charlene W.J.
dc.contributor.authorStephen, Lawrence X.G.S.
dc.contributor.authorMarnewick, Johan
dc.contributor.authorMajeed, Abdul
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-09T19:49:03Z
dc.date.available2014-01-09T19:49:03Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractPlaque associated oral disease affects a considerable portion of the population and is considered one of the major causes of tooth loss. In most cases toothbrushing only removes a limited amount of dental plaque and other chemical agents are required to reduce the bacterial load. Aims & objectives: The purpose of study was to determine whether there was any significant difference in the antimicrobial activity of 4 herbal toothpastes against cultures of 3 primary plaque colonizers. Methods: A total of 5 toothpastes were tested for their antimicrobial efficacy against Streptococcus mutans (NCTC 10920), Streptococcus sanguinis (NCTC 10904) and a non-specific α-heamolytic streptococcus by agar diffusion method. The data were collected and analysed using one way ANOVA and Tukey’s multiple comparison test significant at p<0.05. Results: Dentazyme® herbal toothpaste showed the greatest ability to inhibit bacterial growth for all the tested organisms (p<0.05). Nature Fresh had the lowest potential for antimicrobial activity. Conclusions: Dentazyme® Herbal toothpaste was the only herbal toothpaste to inhibit the growth of all the bacteria tested and had similar antimicrobial efficacy to a triclosan containing toothpaste (Colgate® Total®).en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeck, M.T., et al. (2011). An in-vitro analysis of the antimicrobial efficacy of herbal toothpastes on selected primary plaque colonizers. International Journal of Clinical Dental Science, 2(3): 28-32en_US
dc.identifier.issn2229-7790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisheriMD Publishers
dc.rights© 2011 Peck, et al; licensee iMD Publishers. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectPlaqueen_US
dc.subjectHerbal toothpasteen_US
dc.subjectAntimicrobial activityen_US
dc.subjectBacteriaen_US
dc.titleAn in-vitro analysis of the antimicrobial efficacy of herbal toothpastes on selected primary plaque colonizersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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