Miswak And Oral Cleansing Aids: A Case Study

Miswak and toothbrush are both known as oral cleansing aids. Both have same role in oral hygiene and oral health because Miswak and toothbrush has chemical that can be use to overcome the dental disease. Each tool has their own advantages and disadvantages especially in their effectiveness to cure the dental disease.

Miswak do not need any dentrifices with them when the user want to use it. As mentioned in previous part, the reason is because the roots, twigs and stems of Salvadora Persica sticks have their own chemical properties (Aeeza S. Malik et al., 2014). These chemical properties will be functioning as oral cleaning aids.

In the other hand, toothbrushes need dentrifices to be applied with, so that they can be use as aid in cleaning and polishing the tooth surfaces (Dahiya PD et al., 2012). Dentrifices that use to apply with the toothbrush are commonly available in the form of toothpastes, tooth powders and gels. Dentrifices are made up of polishing agents, binding agents, detergents, humectants, antibacterial agents and therapeutic agents (Dahiya PD et al., 2012). Ra’ed I. Al Sadhan et al., (1999) stated that
Similar result was reported in a dental health survey done by Emslie (1966) in Sudan. Younes SA et al., (1982) also demonstrated that lower caries prevalent were noted in Saudis primary school children, and in Kenya primary school children (Carl W and Zambon JJ, 1993) compared with children in Western countries. The reason is because children in Saudis and Kenya using only Miswak as their oral hygiene aids (Carl W and Zambon JJ, 1993). However, the use of Miswak in caries prevalent is more effective on chidren rather than adults. M Darout IA, (2013) concluded that caries was mostly present in older person and it was difficult to reach for cleaning with