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Comparison of the Effects of Oil Pulling Therapy With Different Oils

NCT04737798 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2021-02-04

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Summary

Oil pulling" or "oil swishing" originates from ancient Ayurvedic medicine in India and now practiced in other parts of the world as a form of complementary and alternative medicine. It has been described as Kavalagraha or Gandhoosha in the ayurvedic texts of Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. It is a procedure that involves swishing oil in the mouth a period of 15 min, before spitting it out.

In addition to its systemic benefits, oil pulling therapy has also benefits on oral health.

The oil pulling therapy can be performed by using edible oils like sesame oil, sunflower oil and coconut oil. However, there is only one study in the literature comparing the effect of oil pulling therapy using coconut oil versus sesame oil on plaque-induced gingivitis and the results were in favor of coconut oil.

In order to clarify the gap in the literature on this field, this study was designed to compare the plaque-inhibiting effects of oil pulling therapy with sesame oil or coconut oil using 4- day plaque regrowth study model.

Conditions

  • Gingivitis

Interventions

OTHER

oil pulling with coconut oil

using oil pulling therapy with coconut oil

OTHER

oil pulling with sesame oil

using oil pulling therapy with sesame oil

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baskent University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-02
Primary Completion
2020-04-22
Completion
2020-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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