Mastic and Reduced Gingival Index

• The effect of Chios mastic toothpaste on halitosis and oral hygiene in orthodontic patients: a randomized clinical trial.

  • 2025-07-30
  • RCT
  • Journal of breath research 19(4)
  • • Antigoni Alexiou
    • Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou
    • Spyros Papageorgiou
    • William Papaioannou
    • Iosif Sifakakis

  • PubMed: 40680773
  • DOI: 10.1088/1752-7163/adf1bf

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Gingival Index

  • High evidence
  • Children

  The GI index decreased from 1.8 to 1 [p< 0.001, 95% CI: -0.7, -0.4]

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes