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. 2024 Apr 30;20(4):368-372.
doi: 10.6026/973206300200368. eCollection 2024.

Effect of coconut and sesame oils on gingivitis

Priyanka Vinod Bansal  1 , Chinmayee Kulkarni  2 , Vishnu Teja Obulareddy  3 , Sravana Laxmi Penumaka  4 , Kiran Kulkarni  2
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Effect of coconut and sesame oils on gingivitis

Priyanka Vinod Bansal et al. Bioinformation. .

Abstract

The effectiveness of Oil Pulling Therapy (OPT) with coconut (CO) and sesame oil (SO) on gingivitis patients is of interest. Forty patients were randomly distributed into group A and B for CO and SO respectively. Participants of group A were explained in detail about the OPT with CO and group B with SO along with their routine oral hygiene practice for 30 days. The mean plaque index of CO and SO reduced from 1.5 to 1.32 and 1.65 to 1.36 (p<0.05) respectively after 30 days. The mean gingival index of CO and SO declined from 1.12 to 0.9 and 1.1 to 0.81 respectively after 30 days (p<0.05) compared to initial scores. The mean no. of colonies in the case of CO and SO declined from 35.8 x 103 to 32.4 x 103 and 6.8 x 103 to 34.6 x 103 after 30 days (p<0.05). OPT reduced plaque and gingivitis, according to the results of one month. Hence, we must increase awareness about oil pulling, as this home therapy can prevent gingival diseases in countries with limited resources like ours.

Keywords: Oil pulling; coconut oil; gingivitis; sesame oil.

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