Reducing bacterial aerosol contamination with a chlorhexidine gluconate pre-rinse

J Am Dent Assoc. 1995 Dec;126(12):1634-9. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1995.0111.

Abstract

The authors compared the effects of chlorhexidine gluconate, an antiseptic mouthwash with essential oils and water on the bacterial aerosol contamination generated by an air polishing device. Patients rinsed with one of the three solutions before treatment. Bacterial counts collected during the treatment indicate that the chlorhexidine pretreatment rinse was significantly more effective than the other solutions in reducing bacterial aerosols.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aerosols
  • Air Microbiology*
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / prevention & control
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Chlorhexidine / pharmacology
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Dental High-Speed Technique*
  • Dental Offices
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouthwashes / chemistry*
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Salicylates / pharmacology
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Drug Combinations
  • Mouthwashes
  • Salicylates
  • Terpenes
  • Listerine
  • chlorhexidine gluconate
  • Chlorhexidine