A
variety of synthetic antimicrobial mouthwashes are available
to prevent dental caries. It was shown to inhibit plaque
formation, also reduce gingival inflammation and prevent
dental caries.Chlorhexidine, the most common mouth
rinse has been shown to effectively reduce the level of oral S.
mutans.[4] However, studies for the anticariogenic activity of
chlorhexidine as a mouth rinse had reported large variations,
inconsistencies and an inability to ablate S. mutans in the oral
cavity.