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Register: SLCTR
Last refreshed on: 27 May 2013
Main ID:  SLCTR/2010/012
Date of registration: 14/12/2010
Primary sponsor: Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd
Public title: Effect of the use of a herbal toothpaste on gum disease
Scientific title: A randomized double -blind placebo-controlled study on therapeutic effects of a herbal toothpaste (sudantha) after 6 months use in patients with chronic gingivitis
Date of first enrolment: 16/12/2010
Target sample size: 30 participants in each arm
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={166C3B38-298F-449C-9086-FF62D299F0FB}
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial  
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Name: Sunethra Rajapakse 
Address:  Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradiniya
Telephone: 081 2397552
Email: sunethraraj@pdn.ac.lk
Affiliation:  Professor in Periodontology
Name: Sunethra Rajapakse 
Address:  Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradiniya
Telephone: 0812397552
Email: sunethraraj@pdn.ac.lk
Affiliation:  Professor in Periodontology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients oner 18 years with mild to moderate chronic gingivitis with no co-morbidities
Exclusion criteria: Presence of co-morbidities current users of herbal toothpastes.

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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Gingivitis
Intervention(s)
Tooth brushing with a placebo, ( 4 ) Sudantha or another commercially available toothpaste
Primary Outcome(s)
Total salivary bacterial counts Gingival bleeding on probing, pocket depth plaque score at 6,12,18,24 weeks after using 1) placebo2) Sudantha 3) positive control toothpaste. ( Commercially available toothpaste )
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Nil known
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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