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Xylitol Chewable Tablets Versus Xylitol Chewing Gum in Geriatric Bedridden Patients

NCT03877705 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2019-03-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of using dissolving Xylitol chewable tablets versus xylitol chewing gum with bedridden geriatric patients in increasing salivary pH and decreasing bacterial count in both saliva and interdental plaque.

Conditions

  • Saliva Altered
  • Plaque

Interventions

DRUG

Listerine ready tabs

Technically, it's a rectangular-shaped, bilayer-compressed tablet that once chewed, creates just enough liquid to swish around your mouth to get a whole-mouth clean feeling.As manufacture claimed the tablet is easy to use just in three simple steps: chew (to activate), swish (to clean), then swallow as unlike mouthwashes which may contain alcohol and other ingredients not intended for ingestion, Listerine Ready Tabs are alcohol-free and safe to swallow which is highly suitable for bedridden patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Faculty Of Dentistry, Faculty · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-01
Completion
2021-01-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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