Table 5: Percentage of subjects showing microbial reduction in oral biofilms after using 10% lidocaine, 0.2% chlorhexidine, and LD-CHX preparations (n = 26).
| Antimicrobial Score |
Test Solutions |
Lidocaine
(10%) |
Chlorhexidine
(0.2%) |
LD-CHX-I (lidocaine 9%) |
LD-CHX-II (lidocaine 8%) |
| 4 |
22.2 (6) |
66.7 (18) |
66.7 (18) |
46.2 (12) |
| 3 |
77.8 (20) |
33.3 (8) |
33.3 (8) |
53.8 (14) |
Note: The number of subjects was shown in parenthesis.