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Oil Essential Mouthwashes Antibacterial Activity against Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans: A Comparison between Antibiofilm and Antiplanktonic Effects
- Source :
- International Journal of Dentistry, Vol 2013 (2013), International Journal of Dentistry
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- The aim of this work is to determine the antibacterial activity of three marketed mouthwashes on suspended and sessile states ofAggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. The efficacy of two commonly used products in clinical practice, containing essential oils as active ingredients (menthol, thymol, methyl salicylate, and eucalyptol) in association with or without alcohol, has been evaluated in comparison with a chlorhexidine-based mouthwash. The microtiter plate assay, in order to obtain a spectrophotometric measurement of bacterial responses at growing dilutions of each antiseptic, was used for the study. The analysis revealed that a good antibacterial activity is reached when the abovementioned mouthwashes were used at concentration over a 1/24 dilution and after an exposure time of 30 seconds at least. In conclusion, the alcoholic mouthwash appears to have a better biofilm inhibition than its antiplanktonic activity while the nonalcoholic product demonstrates an opposite effect with a better antiplanktonic behavior.
- Subjects :
- Serial dilution
Article Subject
medicine.drug_class
Microbiology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Antiseptic
stomatognathic system
medicine
Food science
General Dentistry
Thymol
biology
business.industry
Chlorhexidine
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
biology.organism_classification
lcsh:RK1-715
Eucalyptol
chemistry
lcsh:Dentistry
Dentistry (all)
Menthol
business
Antibacterial activity
medicine.drug
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16878736 and 16878728
- Volume :
- 2013
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Dentistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....66fd499db5d2915829e773f7197f327e