A Comparative Clinical Study of the Effect of Using Vitamin B5 Toothpastes and Chlorhexidine Toothpastes on Children with Gingivitis

الملخص

Many kinds of toothpaste were developed for oral hygiene and gingival health benefits, mainly by adding various chemical or natural components with therapeutic effects.
This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of three different types of toothpaste: vitamin B5, chlorhexidine, and placebo toothpaste in controlling gingivitis in children.
The study was a single-blind, randomized clinical study; 90 children with gingivitis (45 males, 45 females) aged between (7 and 11 years) were recruited. The patients were randomly assigned to one of the three groups. All of them were emphasized to brush their teeth for three minutes, twice daily. The gingivitis index of Silness and Loe was used to evaluate the gingivitis score, which was recorded at the baseline and after two weeks.
The results showed a statistically significant difference (P <0.05) in each of the three groups between the baseline and after two weeks. However, the results did not show a statistically significant difference (P> 0.05) between the three groups.
Within the limits of this study, it was found that All of the three kinds of toothpaste can be used to control chronic gingivitis in children without any significant difference between them