ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2025
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate clinical efficacy of Psidium guajava-based herbal gel in reducing size of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) of patients eventually relieving pain associated with it. Methodology: Single-blinded, parallel group randomized clinical study which was conducted at School of Dentistry Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University from 15 Results: Baseline mean size of oral ulcer in both groups was 4.7 (±0.56) units. Experimental group exhibited greater mean ulcer size declination than Control group on every visit. On the second day of treatment, mean ulcer size measurement in Control group was 4.63 ± 0.17-mm and in Experimental group it was 4.29 ± 0.16-mm. On third and fourth days, Control group displayed mean ulcer size reduction of 3.95 ± 0.13-mm and 3.71 ± 0.11-mm as compared to 1.01± 0.07 cm² and 0.17 ± 0.05-mm in Experimental group. On the seventh day, mean oral ulcer size decreased to 2.46 ± 0.09-mm in Control group and disappeared in Experimental group (p = 0.001). Conclusion: Current study found that naturally procured herbal gel reduces size of recurrent aphthous stomatitis quickly confirming that oral ulcer can be treated with herbal gel more effectively that might be helpful in relieving pain associated with it.
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