Yazd Journal of Dental Research

Introduction: Although Chlorhexidine mouthwash involves the most effective antiseptic in order to control the plaque as well as to prevent gingivitis, the incidence of some side effects has made an obstacle to use this substance permanently. Persica herbal mouthwash has recently been introduced to Iran’s market demonstrating no side effects of chemical substances consumption. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of two Persica and Chlorhexidine mouthwashes on gingiva bleeding after scaling in order to determine an appropriate mouthwash to improve gingival bleeding after the priodental treatment.

Methods: In this clinical trial, 39 patients participated referring to periodontics department of Yazd dentistry school who had slight to moderate gingival inflammation and were randomly classified into three groups by parallel and double blind research design. Normal saline was given to the first group, chlorhexidine 0.2% was provided to the second group and persica was presented to the third group. The gingival bleeding index was evaluated at the beginning of study, precisely immediately and one week after mouthwash use. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software (ver. 18) via Kruskal-Willis, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon and Chi-square tests.

Results: The study results demonstrated the higher effect of persica on lowering gingival bleeding index compared to chlorhexidine which this difference proved to be statistically significant (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Using persica mouthwash can lead to a significant decrease in gingival bleeding. The study findings revealed that it seems persica mouthwash can be utilized in treatments of gingival diseases.