Assessing pre-procedural subgingival irrigation and rinsing with an antiseptic mouthrinse to reduce bacteremia
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Irrigation with an antiseptic mouth wash appears to greatly reduce bacteremia resulting from dental procedures. Bacteremia is when bacteria temporarily enter the bloodstream. Normally harmless, it can cause heart muscle infections in certain susceptible patients. Pretreatment with antibiotics is not completely preventative. Researchers identified 18 healthy adults with a tendency toward bacteremia by culturing blood samples taken before and after an ultrasonic scaling procedure. A week later participants were randomly assigned to preprocedure irrigation with an antiseptic or a nonantiseptic mouth wash, blood samples were taken before and afterwards, and the scaling was repeated. A week after that the experiment was repeated with each volunteer receiving the other solution. Pretreatment to posttreatment bacteria counts changed little for participants receiving the antiseptic mouthwash but rose markedly for participants receiving the control solution. Counts were about 90% lower for both aerobic and anaerobic types of bacteria in participants receiving the antiseptic mouthwash.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1996
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Reducing bacteria in dental aerosols: pre-procedural use of an antiseptic mouthrinse
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Asking dental patients to rinse with an antiseptic mouthrinse before procedures may reduce the number of oral bacteria in the aerosolized saliva. Eighteen healthy dental patients either rinsed with an antiseptic mouthrinse or rinsed with a 5% hydroalcohol rinse. Significantly fewer bacteria were present in the aerosolized saliva of patients who rinsed with antiseptic mouthrinse than in that of the patients who rinsed with hydroalcohol. The number of viable (capable of living) bacteria dropped by 94% after rinsing with the antiseptic mouthrinse, compared to a 32% reduction after rinsing with hydroalcohol. Patients should rinse with antiseptic mouthrinse before routine dental procedures to reduce the risk of transmitting infection.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1993
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The antimicrobial effect of a triclosan/copolymer dentifrice on oral microorganisms in vivo
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The efficacy of the triclosan/copolymer dentifrice when compared to the fluoride dentifrice in destroying microbes in the oral cavity is studied.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2006
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