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Register: SLCTR
Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
Main ID:  SLCTR/2010/002
Date of registration: 12/03/2010
Primary sponsor: Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd
Public title: A controlled trial of a herbal Ayurvedic toothpaste (Sudantha ®)
Scientific title: A randomized double- blind, placebo- controlled study on the effects of a herbal toothpaste ( Sudantha ®) on gingival, oral hygiene and microbial parameters
Date of first enrolment: 1/4/2010
Target sample size: 30 participants in each arm
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={B5067A82-9DF0-421D-806A-4C99E3342EBE}
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Placebo-controlled double-blind trial in healthy volunteers.  
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Name: Sunethra Rajapakse 
Address:  Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya
Telephone: 081 - 2397552
Email: sunethraraj@pdn.ac.lk
Affiliation:  Professor in Periodontology
Name: Sunethra Rajapakse 
Address:  Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya
Telephone: 081 - 2397552
Email: sunethraraj@pdn.ac.lk
Affiliation:  Professor in Periodontology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers over 18 years of age with no co-morbidities, with similar plaque and gingival bleeding.
Exclusion criteria: Presence of co-morbidities, current users of herbal toothpaste

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Oral and gingival hygiene
Intervention(s)
Tooth brushing with placebo or Sudantha toothpaste.
Primary Outcome(s)
1.Total salivary bacterial counts (aerobic and anaerobic)

2.Plaque score.

3.Gingival bleeding.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Nil known
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd, 199, Kew Road, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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