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Antibacterial Effect Of Ginger, Green Tea And Pomegranate Versus Chlorhexidine Using Stevia And Sucrose Sugar, Hagar Abdel Tawab, Maha Niazy, Doaa El Elsharkawy

Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry

Purpose: To evaluate the antibacterial activity of three natural plant extracts (Ginger, Green tea and Pomegranate peel) versus Chlorhexidine using Sucrose and Stevia Sugar. Materials and Methods: extracts of the three natural materials were prepared where an aqueous extract of green tea was prepared by boiling, and pomegranate peel and ginger were extracted using ethyl alcohol. Carious dentin samples were obtained from carious permanent molars. Streptococcus mutans were isolated and identified. The extracts were compared to chlorohexidine using either no sugar, sucrose or stevia sugar. Antibacterial activity was assessed through the inhibition zone, bacterial count and metabolic activity. Ginger, pomegranate …