Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Hamzawy MA

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• Research Article
  Impact of Daily Using Alcohol-containing Mouthwashes on Tongue, Cementum, and Enamel Surface; In vitro and In vivo Studies
  Author(s): Hamzawy MA, Shehata N, El Zainy M and El Haddad KHamzawy MA, Shehata N, El Zainy M and El Haddad K
  
  Mouthwashes (MWs) are liquid preparation, commonly used for oral care and applied on teeth and mucosa of the oral cavity and pharynx. MWs exert antiseptic, astringent, and sedative effects. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of daily use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes on the tongue, surface of cementum and enamel in rats. Four groups (10 rats/group) of male Sprague?Dawley rats were treated by local application of MWs by pledgets for 45 min for 41 days as follows: The control group treated with artificial saliva; the group treated with Lacalut� (MW1); the group treated with Listerine� (MW2); the group treated with Tricare� (MW3). At the beginning, mandibular of first molar was extracted from each animal and soaked into artificial saliva or in MW for an in vitro study. At the end of the treatment, tongue, and extracted mandibular first molar from each group were c.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-1459.1000225

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