Chlorine Dioxide (MMS) Proves To Be Effective
Mouthwash
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proving the benefits of alternative medicines, especially when it’s our
sponsors product MMS.
Previous research has shown the oxidizing properties and microbiological
efficacies of chlorine dioxide (ClO2). Its clinical efficacies on oral
malodor have been evaluated and reported only in short duration
trials,moreover, no clinical studies have investigated its
microbiological efficacies on periodontal and malodorous bacteria.
Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the inhibitory effects of a
mouthwash containing ClO2 used for 7days on morning oral malodor and on
salivary periodontal and malodorous bacteria.
Methods: A randomized, double blind, crossover, placebo-controlled trial
was conducted among 15 healthy male volunteers, who were divided into 2
groups. Subjects were instructed to rinse with the experimental
mouthwash containing ClO2 or the placebo mouthwash, without ClO2, twice
per day for 7 days.
After a one week washout period, each group then used the opposite
mouthwash for 7 days. At baseline and after 7 days, oral malodor was
evaluated with Organoleptic measurement (OM), and analyzed the
concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methyl mercaptan (CH3SH) and
dimethyl sulfide ((CH3)2S), the main VSCs of human oral malodor, were
assessed by gas chromatography (GC).
Clinical outcome variables included plaque and gingival indices, and
tongue coating index. The samples of saliva were microbiologically
investigated.
Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed using the
polymerase chain reaction-Invader method.Results and DiscussionThe
baseline oral condition in healthy subjects in the 2 groups did not
differ significantly. After rinsing with the mouthwash containing ClO2
for 7 days, morning bad breath decreased as measured by the OM and
reduced the concentrations of H2S, CH3SH and (CH3)2S measured by GC,
were found.
Moreover ClO2 mouthwash used over a 7-day period appeared effective in
reducing plaque, tongue coating accumulation and the counts of
Fusobacterium nucleatum in saliva. Future research is needed to examine
long-term effects, as well as effects on periodontal diseases and plaque
accumulation in a well-defined sample of halitosis patients and broader
population samples.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00748943
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