Garlic in a mouthwash sounds like a prank, but a growing stack of clinical data suggests it might rival the strongest ...

The human oral cavity is colonised by a huge variety of bacteria. When surgical procedures such as a tooth extraction are carried out, the bacteria can pass into the bloodstream causing bacteraemia ...

Garlic extract shows clinically meaningful antibacterial effects Chlorhexidine still outperforms garlic for key bacteria like mutans streptococci Side effects like burning and taste changes limit ...

Garlic might not just keep vampires away – it could also work on harmful mouth microbes. New research suggests that garlic extract can be just as effective as chlorhexidine, the current gold standard ...

Design A 3-year randomised controlled trial in 180 13 to 14-year-old subjects. Intervention Either 0.1% fluoride or 1% chlorhexidine/thymol varnish professionally applied after prophylaxis every 3 ...

Deaths in the neonatal period, that is, the first 28 days of life, account for about 40% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years. 1 Achieving Millennium Development Goal 4, which stipulates a ...

June 3, 2010 — Wiping vaginal areas before birth and swabbing newborns with chlorhexidine, an antiseptic solution, do not prevent sepsis (bacterial infection in the blood or tissues) or reduce the ...

An umbilical cord care gel imported into Nigeria from India by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has rendered at least five kids blind in Yobe state. The drug, chlorhexidine, is meant for ...