REMINERALIZATION POTENTIAL OF GINGER AND ROSEMARY HERBALS VERSUS SODIUM FLUORIDE IN TREATMENT OF WHITE SPOT LESIONS: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 9, Volume 67, Issue 2 - Serial Number 5, April 2021, Pages 1677-1684 PDF (586 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2021.51536.1368 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sara Hassan* 1; Amir Hafez2; Maha Abdelsalam Elbaz2 | ||
| 1MSc Degree Candidate, Conservative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University | ||
| 2Associate Professor, Conservative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT: Aim: The current study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of ginger and rosemary herbals versus sodium fluoride in remineralization of incipient enamel caries. Methodology: white spot lesions in anterior teeth of post orthodontic debanding patients received randomly two types of remineralizing agents, either ginger and rosemary gel or sodium fluoride varnish (bifluorid 10). White spot lesions were evaluated at base line one month and after 3, 6 months follow up periods by two blinded assessors to assess white spot lesion progression by Kavo DIAGNOdent. Results: Mann-Whitney test showed that there at baseline, sodium fluoride varnish group yielded similar readings as ginger and rosemary gel group (P=0.060). While at 1 month, ginger and rosemary gel group showed significantly higher readings compared to sodium fluoride varnish group (P<0.001). However, there were no statistically significant differences in readings of both groups at 3 months (P=0.302) and 6 months (P=0.070). Conclusion: Fluoride varnish and ginger and rosemary gel can decrease post-orthodontic white spot lesions. The herbals ginger and rosemary may be preferable for prevention purposes on initial remineralization of enamel lesions as more natural products are preferred today. Keywords: white spot lesions, ginger and rosemary in initial caries, sodium fluoride varnish, DIAGNOdent. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| white spot lesions; ginger and rosemary in initial caries; sodium fluoride varnish; DIAGNOdent | ||
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