To Ascertain If Bracket Material Difference (Ceramic And Stainless Steel) Has An Effect On Streptococcus Mutans Count In Orthodontic Patients When Used With Herbal Dentifrices.

Abstract

Abstract

Objectives: The present study investigated the role of bracket material difference (Ceramic and Stainless Steel) on Streptococcus mutans count in orthodontic patients when used with Herbal Dentifrices.

Material and methods: This prospective study consisted of 30 patients who were undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. A total of 60 teeth were included in the study – one tooth from first and third quadrant of the mouth of all the patients. Plaque samples were collected at various time interval. The bacteriological study was conducted by Dilution Plating Method. The data collected was tabulated and subjected to statistical test by SPSS software. One-way ANOVA was used to compare each individual groups. Multiple comparison tests (Tukey HSD) were used to compare different brackets with herbal dentifrices individually.

 Results: Among 30 orthodontic patients using herbal tooth pasteit was seen that Streptococcus mutans count was slightlylow with Stainless steel brackets at mean difference 2.5333 & high with Ceramic brackets at mean difference 2.6667.But there was no statistically significant difference between them.

Conclusion: Both statinless steel and ceramic brackets performed well with herbal tooth paste andclinically efficient in reducing Streptococcus mutans colony counts around them .