Chios Mastic Toothpaste and Halitosis and Oral Hygiene in Orthodontic Patients
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-18
SponsorUniversity of Athens
About this trial
The aim of this trial was to investigate the effect of mastic toothpaste on halitosis using as proxy the levels of the Volatile Sulfur Compounds (VSCs), and the effect on plaque and gingival indices in adolescents undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed conventional labial appliances.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Good general health.
Orthodontic fixed labial appliances on the maxillary and mandibular arch, brackets at least on 20 teeth for more than 4 months before enrollment and estimated duration of the treatment more than 1 month, bands on the first molars, extraction cases patients could be enrolled at least two months after the last extraction.
Total initial VSCs levels above the baseline level of 150ppb.
Disqualifiers
Active caries
Periodontitis
Dental fluorosis / dysplasia of the teeth
Syndromes, mental disabilities and craniofacial deformities
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
mastic toothpaste
Dietary supplementAll 30 patients will be randomly assigned to either the mastic toothpaste group A (Mastiha Toothpaste Gingivaction, Mastihashop, Greece) (n = 15) or the placebo Toothpaste group B (from the same manufacturer) (n = 15). All patients will be asked to use the toothpaste triple a day for 14 days and to maintain their usual oral hygiene routine. The measurements will be done in the morning and at least three hours after brushing and without the use of the toothpaste by the participant on the day of the assessments.
Placebo toothpaste
Dietary supplementAll 30 patients will be randomly assigned to either the mastic toothpaste group A (Mastiha Toothpaste Gingivaction, Mastihashop, Greece) (n = 15) or the placebo Toothpaste group B (from the same manufacturer) (n = 15). All patients will be asked to use the toothpaste triple a day for 14 days and to maintain their usual oral hygiene routine. The measurements will be done in the morning and at least three hours after brushing and without the use of the toothpaste by the participant on the day of the assessments.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Experimental group Mastic toothpasteExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo control arm: placebo toothpastePlacebo comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Modified plaque index (PI-M)
The Silness and Löe index (Silness and Löe, 1964) does not take into account the pattern of plaque accumulation in orthodontic patients. To overcome this problem, Williams et al. (1991) divided the tooth into mesial, distal, gingival, and incisal regions in relation to the bracket and scored plaque in each region using the four codes of the original index (0 to 3). The values are summed to obtain a total score, which ranges from 0 to 12 for each tooth. This modified index is recommended for patients with fixed orthodontic appliances because it acknowledges the usual effects of orthodontic appliances on plaque distribution and has much greater categorical discrimination.
Time frame
baseline - 2 weeks2
Modified plaque index (PI-M)
The Silness and Löe index (Silness and Löe, 1964) does not take into account the pattern of plaque accumulation in orthodontic patients. To overcome this problem, Williams et al. (1991) divided the tooth into mesial, distal, gingival, and incisal regions in relation to the bracket and scored plaque in each region using the four codes of the original index (0 to 3). The values are summed to obtain a total score, which ranges from 0 to 12 for each tooth. This modified index is recommended for patients with fixed orthodontic appliances because it acknowledges the usual effects of orthodontic appliances on plaque distribution and has much greater categorical discrimination.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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