Effectiveness of Black Tea Mouthwash on Plaque Formation
Blacktea
"Effectiveness of Black Tea Mouthwash on Plaque Formation:A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial"
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interventional
45
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The study was conducted to measure the effectiveness of Black Tea in reducing the deposits on teeth. It also compares the effect between use of black tea mouthwash and green tea mouthwash to that of chlorhexidine in reducing plaque deposition on teeth in a two weeks long clinical trial among adults of 18-40 years of age.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for phase_3
Started Feb 2015
Shorter than P25 for phase_3
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 7, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 9, 2015
CompletedSeptember 9, 2015
September 1, 2015
4 months
September 7, 2015
September 7, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Plaque Index (Silness and Loe 1964)
Plaque Index at baseline and two weeks after scaling and use of mouthwash
two weeks
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Gingival Index(Loe and Silness 1963)
two weeks
Study Arms (3)
Black Tea
EXPERIMENTAL0.5% Black Tea as Mouthwash, 5mL to be used twice daily for 30 seconds undiluted.
Green Tea
ACTIVE COMPARATOR0.5% Green Tea as Mouthwash, 5mL to be used twice daily for 30 seconds undiluted.
Chlorhexidine
ACTIVE COMPARATOR0.12% Chlorhexidine Mouthwash 5mL to be used twice daily.
Interventions
0.5% Black Tea 5mL used as Mouthwash twice daily for two weeks after scaling of teeth.
0.5% Green Tea 5mL used as Mouthwash twice daily for two weeks after scaling of teeth.
5mL of 0.12% Chlorhexidine used as mouthwash twice daily for two weeks after scaling of teeth.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years old. subjects with at least 20 natural teeth. diagnosed with chronic generalized plaque induced gingivitis.
You may not qualify if:
- subjects with systemic illness. subjects on antibiotic in the previous six months. subjects with allergy to tea. subjects on medications with effect on periodontium (Eg:anti-osteoporotic drugs).
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital
Hassan, Karnataka, 573202, India
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
ShivaMurthy Ravindra, MDS
Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- MDS Student in Periodontics
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 7, 2015
First Posted
September 9, 2015
Study Start
February 1, 2015
Primary Completion
June 1, 2015
Study Completion
June 1, 2015
Last Updated
September 9, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-09