Year : 2015

Volume : Volume 5

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Deepkanwar Kaur
deepkanwar25@gmail.com

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of different juices on the ph of dental plaque. Materials and method: 28 subjects were included in the study among 18-25 years of age group. Comparative evaluation of 4 different fruit juices (apple, lemon, mango and orange) was done on the ph of plaque. All the subjects were divided randomly into 4 groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 (7 subjects in each group). Oral prophylaxis was done for all subjects one week prior before the experiment. Ph of plaque was recorded before the administration of juices (at baseline), and after administering 100 ml of fruit juice from the index teeth(16,26,36,46) at 1min, 5 min, 10 min 15 min and 30 mins. Changes in Mean-plaque pH levels and mean pH difference after consumption of four different fruit juices at different time intervals was calculated using student t test. Results: In this study group C (lemon juice) had more delirious effect on ph of plaque with statistically significant results at 1 and 5 mins post administration of juice. Conclusion: All the fruit juices tested in the study were acidic and plaque ph values for all the four groups were below baseline at 30 mins.

Keywords: Dental plaque, fruit juices, plaque ph.