The use of a gel and a dentifrice containing green tea and hyaluronic acid reduced the biofilm and inflammation around dental implants. A short-term pilot study

Abstract

The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of different vehicles of oral hygiene containing green tea and hyaluronic acid on the peri-implant clinical parameters. In this study, 21 patients with a total of 112 implants used one of the vehicles tested: 1) dentifrice (10); 2) Gel (11). The patients who received the gel or dentifrice presented a partial fixed rehabilitation supported by implants. Patients were submitted to the clinical analysis on the implants at the baseline and after 10 days of the begging of the use of the products. The probing depth, level of the peri-implant mucosa, distance from the implant platform to the bottom the peri-implant pocket sulcus the gingival inflammation index and the visible plaque index in each of the 6 sites were evaluated. In general, the dentifrice and gel all the products showed to promote a reduction of the biofilm index and inflammation with a slight alteration at the peri-implant mucosa marginal level due to the reduction of the inflammation. It was not perceived side effects related with the use of the dentifrice or gel. So, the conclusion of this pilot study was that the use of the different vehicles containing green tea and hyaluronic acid were able to reduce the biofilm accumulation and the inflammation around the dental implants with safety in a short-term evaluation period in users of partial fixed rehabilitation supported by implants.