Effect of Matcha Tea Versus Green Tea on Salivary pH and Flow Rate in High Caries Risk Patients

Study Settings:

The study will be carried out at the Conservative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University in Egypt. Ethical approval will be taken from the Research Ethics Committee of the faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University. Signed informed consent will be signed each participant.

Recruitment:

Participants will be recruited from the patients' flow at the clinics of the Conservative Dentistry Department of Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo university.

Materials:

The Commercially available green tea and matcha tea for this study will be Lipton Tea. For preparation of green tea, 2 gr of green tea will be poured into 150 mL boiling water (100°C), after 3 minutes, it will be ready for drinking. As well as for matcha tea, 3 gr of green tea will be poured into 150 mL hot water (70°C), after 3 minutes, it will be ready drinking(7) .

Methods:

On the study day, all subjects will be instructed to brush their teeth 45 minutes after eating breakfast. Between 9-11 a.m., saliva samples will be collected through spitting method, one hour after breakfast and 15 minutes after brushing(7)

. For making the subjects blind to which tea they are drinking, the prepared tea will be served in the dark glasses. After drinking the green tea and matcha tea, every subject will be asked to bend his head forward and spit his saliva into laboratory tube every 60 seconds for 2-5 minutes. Samples will be collected immediately and 5 minutes after drinking tea(7)

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Aim of the study:

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of green tea versus matcha tea on the salivary pH in high caries risk patients.

Research question:

In high caries risk patients, will matcha tea have the same effect as green tea on salivary pH?

PICOTS:

P: High caries risk patients I: Matcha tea C: Green tea O: Salivary pH T: T1: baseline T2: immediately T3: 5 mins T4: 10 mins

Inclusion criteria

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• High caries risk patients

• Satisfactory cooperative behavior
• Age between 20-45 years old
• Males or females
• Subjects who signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Systemic diseases 2. Drug consumption during 3 past months 3. Salivary gland disorders 4. History of radiotherapy 5. Smoking