Short time effect of elmex® and Listerine® mouthrinses on plaque in 12-year-old children
Dolińska E,
Stokowska W
Abstract
Purpose:
This study was conducted to determine the effect of two mouthrinses
elmex® and Listerine® on plaque accumulation in
12-year-olds.
Material and methods: 30 12-year-old children took
part in the clinical study. They were divided into three groups.
Group I (10 people) was given Listerine® to home use. Group II
(10 people) was given elmex® to home use. Group III (10 people)
did not receive any mouthrinses. Following indices were used in first
and base study Plaque Index (PI), Approximal Plaque Index (API) and
Sulcus Bleeding Index (SBI). The statistical analysis was performed
using T test for related samples and Spearman rank order
correlations.
Results: Mean PI lessened in group I (Listerine®)
from 0.996 to 0.804 and group II (elmex®) from 0.807 to 0.698. In
group III it stayed almost at the same level. In all children values
of API and SBI decreased after two weeks. Reduce of API in
participants using Listerine® was important statistically and it
lessened from 57.4% to 48.1% (reduction by 16.2%). The other results
of API and SBI were not statistically important. API in children
using elmex® lowered by 15.5%. Bleeding (SBI) in Listerine®
group decreased by 21.5% and in elmex® group decreased by 24.5%.
In control group diminish of SBI was only by 14.4%.
Conclusions:
In summary, this study has demonstrated that additional rinsing
helped in reducing plaque and gingivitis in 12-year-olds but it is
not as essential as motivation to everyday oral hygiene.
Key words: plaque,
gingivitis, mouthrinses.