An evaluation of pH changes of human dental plaque after oral rinsing of commonly prescribed syrup medications.

Srinivas, N; Reddy, V V

An evaluation of pH changes of human dental plaque after oral rinsing of commonly prescribed syrup medications.

Date

1994-03-01

Authors

Srinivas, N

Reddy, V V

Abstract

The study was carried out on 60 school going children (dft/DMFT 2-5) aged 8-13 years randomly distributed into six age groups of ten subjects each. One group acted as a control in which subjects rinsed with 10% sucrose while in the other five groups, the subjects rinsed with 5 commonly prescribed syrup medications for 10 seconds. Plaque samples were collected before rinsing and at 5,10,20,30 min. intervals post rinsing and plaque pH was measured extraorally. All the 5 groups showed drop in the plaque pH, similar to control group 10% sucrose solution, but not to the extent of critical pH (5.5).

Citation

Srinivas N, Reddy VV. An evaluation of pH changes of human dental plaque after oral rinsing of commonly prescribed syrup medications. Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. 1994 Mar; 12(1): 21-4