The Application of the Medical Toothpaste Lacalut Activ for the Prophylaxis and the Treatment of Periodontal Inflammatory Diseases

Manana Iverieli, Nino Gogebashvili, Nino Abashidze, Lali Jashi, Khatia Gogishvili

Department of Therapeutic Dentistry, Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Discontented hygienic condition is one of the major reasons of the spread and intensity of stomatological diseases, such as caries and Periodontitis. Toothpaste has a complex composition. It consists of abrasive, foam producing, perfunctorily active components, taste giving elements, water and medical-prophylactic elements. The ratio of these components determines the peculiarity, prescription, mechanism of operation and effectiveness of the toothpaste. The aim of our research was to determine the effectiveness of Lacalut Activ during the prophylatis and the treatment of periodontal inflammatory diseases. In order to achieve our aim we have set following goals: the estimation of the oral cavity condition it patient by the means of average number of clinical indices before and after applying the toothpaste, the estimation of antibacterial effect of the toothpaste Lacalut Activ in case of identified bacterial population after investigating the microbiological oral cavity of the patients. According to the clinical and microbiological investigations of 80 patients it has been established that German firm ARCAM GmbH Lacalut Activ. Improves the hygienic condition of the oral cavity. Has antiphlogistic and antibacterial effect, it can be applied successfully in case of phlogistic diseases of tissues of Periodont, prophylatis and in case of complex treatment of oral candidosis.

Keywords:  periodontitis, catarrhal gingivitis, toothpaste "lacalut active", candidosis, hygiene index, gingivitis index, periodontal index