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Assessment Of Improvement Of Gingivitis During Orthodontic Treatment Using Two Types Of Toothpaste, Salma Himeer, Samir Ibrahim, Fatma Abd El-Samad, Hala Hazzaa
Assessment Of Improvement Of Gingivitis During Orthodontic Treatment Using Two Types Of Toothpaste, Salma Himeer, Samir Ibrahim, Fatma Abd El-Samad, Hala Hazzaa
Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry
Objective: to evaluate and compare the efficacy of two different toothpaste (parodontax and Dr. John’s formula gel) on the degree of gingivitis during fixed orthodontic treatment.Material and Methods: A sample of 30 patients with an age range of 13-22 years, requiring fixed orthodontic treatment were evaluated for the efficacy of two types of toothpaste after inatiation of gingivitis, i.e, Dr.Jhon’s formula (groupI), Parodontax (groupII), and Signal (groupIII). At baseline, onset of gingivitis and (1-3-6 weeks) from using the toothpaste, clinical parameters and resistin samples from gingival crevicularfluid(GCF) were assessed from the patients in all groups. Gingival crevicular fluide samples of …