Status:

COMPLETED

Dental Caries Prevention by a Natural Product

Lead Sponsor:

Cairo University

Conditions:

Dental Caries

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-25 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective is to conduct an RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of Licorice in comparison to standard caries preventive measures for the prevention of new carious lesions in high caries risk patients...

Detailed Description

Research hypothesis (Null hypothesis): The present clinical trial will be conducted to reject or accept the null hypothesis that using Licorice extract mouth wash in addition to standard preventive m...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with high caries risk,
  • 18-25 years,
  • Males or females,
  • Medically free patients,
  • Patients approving to participate in the study.

Exclusion

  • Patients who were on antibiotic therapy or corticosteroid therapy for 30 days before the examination,
  • Patients had history of professional cleaning in the last 15 days,
  • Patients with exposed pulp,
  • Evidence of parafunctional habits,
  • Patients with developmental dental anomalies,
  • Patients undergoing or will start orthodontic treatment,
  • Patients with removable prosthesis,
  • Periapical Abscess or Fistula.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 30 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

81 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03763578

Start Date

September 1 2020

End Date

December 30 2021

Last Update

February 8 2022

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Conservative and Esthetic Dentistry Department-Faculty of Dentistry- Cairo University

Cairo, Choose Any State/Province, Egypt, 002