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Preliminary Studies into the Efficacy of Different Brands of Toothpastes on the Oral Micro-Flora Before and after Brushing within Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, NIGERIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (10), Pages 30-35, October,10 (2015)

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the efficacy of different brands of toothpaste against oral micro-flora before and after brushing within Bingham University. The method involved using a swab stick aseptically to collect samples before and after the use of toothpastes. The results from this study showed that five organisms were isolated from the oral cavity of Bingham University students before the use of the toothpastes, which includes: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pyogenes and Candida albicans. In comparism with the toothpastes, TOO3 (Sensodyne) was the most effective against Staphylococcus aureus (60%), TOO1(Macleans) was the most effective against Staphylococcus epidermidis (51.7%), TOO5 (Darbur) was the most effective against Streptococcus mutans (60.6%) and Streptococcus pyogenes (60.4%), TOO4 was the most effective against Candida albicans (51.2%). TOO1 (Macleans) was the least effective against S. aureus (36.4%), S. mutans (26.4%), S. pyogenes (15.2%) and C. albicans (14.3%) while TOO2 (Himalaya) was the least effective against S. epidermidis (30.9%). The colony count of organisms showed a significant reduction in the microbial load of the oral cavity of the study sample size after use of the toothpaste. T-calculated = 5.612, T-tabulated (P &

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