Microbiological and clinical effects of probiotic-related Zeger therapy on gingival health: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This single-blind randomized controlled trial was aimed to evaluate the microbiological and clinical effects of Zeger therapy on gingival health.

Methods

Twenty-four adults with gingivitis were recruited and monitored micro-biologically and clinically at baseline (Day 0), 4 weeks (Day 29) after therapy. All volunteers received one-stage full-mouth supragingival scaling as basic oral health care for baseline, and then randomly divided into experimental (koumiss, n = 12) or control (none, n = 12) group. The koumiss was used once a day for 4 weeks.

Results

The microbial diversity of the experimental group increased significantly after drinking koumiss (p < 0.05), mainly owing to increasing of Gram-positive bacteria (p = 0.038) and oral health-related microbes

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature