STUDY OF THE ANTIBIOFILM AND ANTIPLANKTONIC EFFECT OF A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ORAL HYGIENE PRODUCT
Rency Elizabeth* and Srijani Bardhan
ABSTRACT
Oral medicine is an area of dentistry which is constantly changing. Colonization of bacteria causes various diseases of oral cavity such as plaque and gingivitis. The recent scientific advances and research in oral medicine focused on the improvement of oral health by using certain chemical therapy in the form of various formulations of mouthwashes as an oral hygienic product. The rising awareness among customers regarding dental health has resulted in mouthwashes gaining importance, due to the fact that they include diverse types of antimicrobial agents to complement the results of mechanical oral hygiene measures. The purpose of the study was to study the antibiofilm and antiplanktonic effect of a commercially available oral hygienic product Listerine on the suspended and sessile state of Streptococcus mutans. The present work was designed to screen the antibacterial action of a mouthwash and to carry out an exposure time analysis to check its effect on the growth of planktonic form and biofilm development. The study revealed an excellent antibacterial action of the product and on comparing the antibiofilm and antiplanktonic effect, the product was found to have a good antiplanktonic effect.
Keywords: Streptococcus mutans, Listerine, Mouthwash, Antibiofilm, Antiplanktonic.
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