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Efficacy Of The Extract Of Chewing Stick On The Agents Of Dental Carries Isolate
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The use of chewing sticks has been
documented since ancient times. This kind of tooth brushing has been
used by the Babylonians some 7000 years ago (Enwonwu et al, 2002) in
many traditional cultures, there are no plastic-bristle brushes, rather,
the use of herbal chewing sticks for rehiring dental problems is
common. The cleansing efficacy of chewing sticks is attributed to the
mechanical effects of its fibres release of beneficial chemicals or a
combination of both (EL. Said et al, 1976). Some African chewing sticks
are also reported to contain fluoridations, silicon, tannic acid, sodium
bicarbonate and other natural plague inhibiting substances that can
reduce bacterial colonization and plague formation (Pathol 1997).
Tannin
exerts an astringent effect on the action of glucosyltransferase thus
reducing the clinically detectable gingivitis. Tannins also inhibit the
action of glucosyltransferase this reducing plague and gingivitis (Almas
& Allafl 1995). Resumes forms a layer over the enamel and this
protects against caries. Alkaloids exert bactericidal effect in the oral
cavity (Gerrit 1993) Essential (volatile) oils possess characteristic
normal and exert antiseptic action (Almas East 1993). They would have
their East sulphur compounds have a bactericidal action (Aklitar M.S.
1981). Vitamin C is antioxidant and helps in the repair of tissues.
Sodium bicarbonate has abrasive properties and is, thus, used as
dentifrice in addition to having a mold germicidal action (Hardy J.
2003). The high concentrations of chloride inhibit calculus formation
(Darout .A. 2000) and help in the rerouting of stains from the teeth
(Almas East 2003) saturation of saliva, which inhibits demineralization
and promotes remineralization of tooth enamel.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The bacterial isolate from the teeth was determined by using standard microbiological method. About 0.1ml Aliguot of the 10-2 dilution was aseptically sampled in bacteriological media. The result obtained shows that the bacteriological level detected in the various teeth ranged from 40.0 x10-1, 60.0 x10-1,41.0x10-1, 18.0 X 10-1, 20.0 X 10-1, 15.0 x 10-1, 20.0 x 10-1. The organism isolated were gram positive rod and gram positive cocci. The antimicrobial activity of chewing stick was performed fr ... Continue reading---
