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    Assessment of Effectiveness of Barleria prionitis on Oral Health

    Devanand Gupta1★, Rajendra Kumar Gupta2, Ankita Jain3, Suresh Bindhumadhav4, Sangeeta5, Purnima Garg6, Saurabh Chaturvedi7, Vijay Kumar Chattu8★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Science, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, and General Secretory, International Society for Holistic Dentistry
    2. 2Principal, Government Degree College, Banbasa, Uttrakhand
    3. 3Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
    4. 4Consultant Periodontist and Implantologist, Banglore
    5. 5Consultant Dental Surgeon, Patna, Bihar
    6. 6Consultant Stomatologist, Dehradoon, Uttrakhand, India
    7. 7SDS, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA
    8. 8Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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    Devanand Gupta

    General Secretory, International Society for Holistic Dentistry, A-16, Shyam Vihar, Haldwani, Uttrakhand, India.

    drdevanandgupta@aol.com

    Volume 8, Issue 3 · pp. 169–172 · PUBLISHED Jul-Sep 2016 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.181456

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    Aim To evaluate the efficacy of Barleria prionitis extract mouthwash in comparison with gold standard chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash on the oral health. Materials and Methods A total of 30 subjects were randomly divided into two groups, B. prionitis group and the CHX gluconate mouthwash group. The data were collected at the baseline and 3 days. The plaque was disclosed using erythrosine disclosing agent and their scores were recorded using the Quigley and Hein plaque index modified by Turesky-Gilmore-Glickman. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the effect of the two drug regime. Results Our result showed that the CHX and the B. prionitis were statistically equally effective against dental plaque. Although the action of CHX was more pronounced. Conclusions This study has confirmed antimicrobial potential of the plant B. prionitis, thus supporting its folklore application as preventive remedy against oral microbial diseases.

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      Gupta, D., Gupta, R. K., Jain, A., Bindhumadhav, S., Sangeeta, Garg, P., Chaturvedi, S., & Chattu, V. K. (2016). Assessment of Effectiveness of Barleria prionitis on Oral Health. Pharmacognosy Research, 8(3), 169–172. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-8490.181456