title: An evaluation of pH changes of human dental plaque after oral rinsing of commonly prescribed syrup medications.
abstract: The study was carried out on 60 school going children (dft/DMFT 2-5) aged 8-13 years randomly distributed into six age groups of ten subjects each. One group acted as a control in which subjects rinsed with 10% sucrose while in the other five groups, the subjects rinsed with 5 commonly prescribed syrup medications for 10 seconds. Plaque samples were collected before rinsing and at 5,10,20,30 min. intervals post rinsing and plaque pH was measured extraorally. All the 5 groups showed drop in the plaque pH, similar to control group 10% sucrose solution, but not to the extent of critical pH (5.5).
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bapuji College of Dental Sciences, Davengere.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D012996:Solutions