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. 1979 Mar;15(3):408–414. doi: 10.1128/aac.15.3.408

In Vitro Evaluation of Seven Cationic Detergents as Antiplaque Agents

J M Tanzer 1, A M Slee 1, B Kamay 1, E R Scheer 1,†
PMCID: PMC352674  PMID: 464568

Abstract

The bactericidal efficacy of seven cationic detergents was studied in vitro against intact performed plaques of representative strains of four oral dental plaque-forming microorganisms: Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguis, Actinomyces viscosus, and Actinomyces naeslundii. Both absolute (plaque bactericidal index) and relative (chlorhexidine coefficient) indexes of antiplaque activity were established. Only cetyltrimethylammonium bromide was more efficacious than the reference agent, the bisbiguanide chlorhexidine, for the apparently more potent tooth-adherent cariogenic and periodontopathic elements, respectively, of the in vivo plaque microflora, S. mutans and A. viscosus.

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