Introduction. The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of oxygen enriched mouthwash and chlorhexidine mouthwash in patients undergoing dental implant placement. Materials and methods. A total of 20 systemically healthy patients undergoing dental implant placement were divided into two groups. Group A had 10 patients, who were given chlorhexidine mouthwash, while the remaining 10 patients were given Blue M mouthwash for postoperatively following dental implant placement surgery. Pre- and post-operative plaque samples were collected 1 week later. They were cultured and the colony forming units were counted. Results and discussion. Significant changes were observed in pre and post colony counts in individual mouthwash, but no significant changes in the post colony count between the two different mouthwashes (p<0.05). Conclusions . Within the limitations of our study, it can be concluded that blueM mouthwash washing can be used as a safe alternative to chlorhexidine for reducing the microbial load during the post operative healing period following dental implant placement.
Keywords:- antimicrobial
- Blue M
- chlorhexidine
- mouthwash
- oxygen therapy