The usage of antimicrobial herbal products in dentistry has
been well documented in prevention of dental caries.[7-9] In
spite of various commercially available anticaries agents,
the search for an effective herbal antimicrobial mouth wash still continues. Hence in this study, we compared the
aqueous extracts of two medicinal plants Emblica officinalis
and Terminalia chebula as a mouthwash, on their efficacy
against dental caries