Does fluorine total mouthwash has more effects on Enterococcus faecalis,or chlorhexidine?

 Enterococcus faecalis, play a significant role in plaque formation and tooth decay. Mouthwashes are one of the tools used to reduce decay..the aim of study was comparision of fluorine total with chlorhexidine on Enterococcus faecalis.

 In this in-vitro study a total of 24 samples (18 samples in each groups and 6 control samples) were examined, the diameter of the growth inhibition zone of Enterococcus faecalis was compared between two mouthwashes of fluorine total and chlorhexidine 0.2% Enterococcus faecalis was first cultured on a blood agar plate and incubated for 24 hours at 37 ° C. The bacteria were then cultured on 18 plates of blood agar (9 plates for chlorhexidine mouthwash and 9 plates for fluorine total mouthwash). To evaluate the absence of bacterial inside the mouthwashes, 2 plates containing fluorine total and chlorhexidine mouthwash were cultured separately. The plates were prepared by well method, then the growth inhibition zone in the two study groups was measured and analyzed by Repeated Measure ANOVA test of 25th version of SPSS software.

 The growth inhibition zone in the chlorhexidine and fluorine total group was 15/94±0.8 mm and 18/61±1.4 mm, respectively, which was in the chlorhexidine group, which is statistically significant (P<0/0001).

 Fluorine total mouthwash is more effective than chlorhexidine mouthwash on enterococcus faecalis.