The Effect of Mouthrinses Containing Bamboo Salt, Magnolia Bark and Centella Asiatica on Reducing Plaque and Gingivitis

This is a randomized clinical intervention study with a cross-over design. The subjects are randomly allocated to one of the three experimental groups: 1) the control; 2) ASM group for aqueous single-phase mouthrinse; 3) OTM group for oil-water two-phase mouthrinse. The experimental mouthrinses all contain sodium fluoride and the ASM and OTM contain additional ingredients of bamboo salt, magnolia bark and centella asiatica extracts. For the OTM, 50% essential oil is added to create an oil-water two-phase mouthrinse. Subjects are instructed to use the prescribed mouthrinse to gargle their mouth for one minute, twice daily for two weeks. The completion of each experiment regimen is followed by a 2-week washout period, after which the subjects of each group were permutated to the next mouthrinse trial until all three groups underwent the three mouthrinse trial regimen.

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults with at least 20 natural permanent teeth
• mild to moderate plaque (≥20% O'Leary index)
• mild gingivitis (20-30% BOP rate).

Exclusion criteria

• individuals undergoing orthodontic treatment
• individuals having deep periodontal pockets (≥ 6mm at two or more teeth) on more than two teeth
• diabetics
• pregnant or lactating women
• individuals taking antibiotics within the past one month
• individuals who have used any mouthwashes for the past 6 months.