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ANTI-PLAQUE EFFECT OF CLASSICAL DANTAKASTHA - AN INVITRO STUDY

Pankaj Kumar*, Sharad Bhatnagar, Durgawati Devi, Sarvesh Kumar Agrawal and Sukh Ram

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Abstract

Introduction: - When we see the Ayurvedic literature about Dantadhavana we found that they have a broad-spectrum health benefits as compared to modern oral hygiene practices. And it seems that prevailing oral hygiene practices covers the preventing aspect of oro-dental disease less as compared to the ancient oral hygiene practices. Here an attempt was made to study the effects of classical Dantakashtha for anti- plaque effect in comparison to well establish anti plaque agent named chlorhexidine by taking these two classical Dantakastha for in-vitro study. Methods: - Fresh juice was collected from selected nine Dantakashtha. Sample of the plaque was taken from healthy individual in laboratory. Plaque was cultivated in brain heart infusion broth medium. Every sample drug is tested thrice for one given variable to calculate more appropriate value in terms of mean value. Result: - All specimens show significant (p value-

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