Effects of three Commercial Mouth Rinses on the Cultured Fibroblasts: An in Vitro Study.

Statement Of Problems: An ideal antimicrobial agent should have minimal cytotoxic effect to host cells.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the cytotoxic effect of three commercial mouthwashes (Chlorhexidine, Persica and Irsha) on the cultured fibroblasts.

Material And Methods: For determining the cytotoxic effect of Irsha, Chlorhexidine and Persica, uninfected cells were grown in the absence and presence of various concentration (2,4,8,16,32,64,128) of these mouth washes for 1, 2, 3 and 4 days.

The prevalence of median rhomboid glossitis in diabetic patients: a case-control study.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common disorders of endocrine glands which has a worldwide distribution and is a risk factor for oral pathology so; the purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between median rhomboid glossitis (MRG) and DM.

Methods: We examined 202 Iranian patients with DM aged 10-86 years and 261 healthy subjects aged 10-28 years and the diagnosis of MRG was made based on clinical features.

Results: The examination indicated that 13 (6.