Anticaries Effect of Xylitol,Probiotic and Chlorhexidine Mouth Rinses Among Individuals at High Risk

A commercially available Chlorhexidine mouth rinse (Hexidine- 0.2 percentage Chlorhexidine gluconate) containing 0.2 percentage chlorhexidine gluconate per 10 ml will be used. 7.5 ml of the concentrate diluted with equal amounts of water to make 15ml will be used for rinsing.

Xylitol mouth rinse at 10 percentage concentration will be used. The mouth rinse will be prepared by dissolving 1.5 gm of xylitol powder in 15 ml of water.

Probiotic mouth rinse will be prepared by using a commercially available probiotic product (Sporolac Plus powder- 1gm sachet containing not less than 1.5 billion cells of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Bifidobacterium longum, Bacillus coagulans, Saccharomyces boulardii). Each sachet will be dissolved in 15 ml of water in a measuring cup and used as a mouth rinse.