Conditions: Gingival Diseases
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 39
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
To collect GCF (gingival crevicular fluid) samples from diseased patients suffering only from gingivitis and/or periodontitis.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Fluoride toothpaste (Colgate Great Regular Flavor) is the control for this study. All study toothpastes contain fluoride. The study is evaluating the additional ingredients in the other toothpastes. arm 2: fluoride/triclosan/copolymer toothpaste (Colgate Total Toothpaste)

Interventions: intervention 1: Fluoride intervention 2: Fluoride, triclosan
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Brush twice daily for 6 weeks intervention 2: Brush twice daily

Protocol document: