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. 2016 Jan-Feb;20(1):32-5.
doi: 10.4103/0972-124X.170806.

Effect of ozonated oil and chlorhexidine gel on plaque induced gingivitis: A randomized control clinical trial

Maya Sanjeev Indurkar  1 , Renu Verma  1
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Effect of ozonated oil and chlorhexidine gel on plaque induced gingivitis: A randomized control clinical trial

Maya Sanjeev Indurkar et al. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2016 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Background: Several chemotherapeutic agents have been developed to prevent gingivitis and its progression into periodontitis. In this present study, the efficacy of ozonated oil and chlorhexidine gel was assessed and compared on plaque induced gingivitis.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of ozonated oil on plaque induced gingivitis and to compare its efficacy with chlorhexidine gel.

Materials and methods: A total of 20 subjects, aged from 18 to 65 years, with plaque-induced gingivitis were selected from the outpatient Department of Periodontology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad, for this study. They were divided randomly into the test or ozonated oil group (Group I) and the control or chlorhexidine gel group (Group II) with 10 subjects in each group. Subjects were randomly assigned to massage their gingiva thrice a day for 3 weeks with ozonated oil (test), and chlorhexidine gel (control). Plaque index and gingival index scores were recorded for the 20 subjects at baseline and after 3 weeks.

Results: Ozonated oil (Group I) and chlorhexidine gel (Group II) groups showed statistically significant differences with respect to plaque index and gingival index, from the baseline to 3 weeks (P < 0.001 in both). But the difference between Group I and Group II, at the end of the study period, was not statistically significant with respect to the plaque index and gingival index.

Conclusions: The ozonated oil and chlorhexidine gel, both can be used as an effective agent in maintaining and improving gingival health.

Keywords: Chlorhexidine gel; gingival massage; ozonated oil; plaque induced gingivitis.

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Ozonated oil
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Chlorhexidine gel
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