Hydrogen-rich electrolyzed water is a useful mouthwash due to its biofilm-control properties: an in vitro and in vivo study
Youn HY, Kim JH, Cho MJ, Hong SH, Kim EK. · Journal of Yeungnam medical science. 2025;42:34.
What kind of evidence is this?
Human
Controlled crossover study
Oral and dental health
H₂-rich water
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Methods at a glance
Human participants studied for oral and dental health. See eligibility criteria in the linked full text.
Human study; the article does not state one consolidated sample total, so no total is inferred.
Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.
Full text reports H₂ dissolved in drinking water. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 1.3 ppm.
H₂ dissolved in drinking water — H₂ only unless the full text explicitly reports oxygen co-delivery.
H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 1.3 ppm. Values are not combined across different experimental arms.
Not applicable — no inhaled H₂ intervention was identified in the full article.
No inhaled O₂ co-delivery was identified for this non-inhalation intervention.
Control or comparison condition reported in the full article; see the linked methods for arm-specific details.
Outcomes and reported result
tumor growth or cancer markers, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “1B]), indicating that bacteria exposed to HEW had significantly decreased biofilm formation ( p <0.001)..” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
The complete machine-readable article was checked for source identity, methods, intervention quantities, results, tables, funding and conflict declarations. This public record is based on the full article.
A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit. Null findings, outcome type, study design and precision all matter.
Cautions and applicability
Human evidence; design, sample size and comparator limit interpretation. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
Applies only to the population and protocol reported in this oral and dental health article.
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No single-study GRADE certainty rating is assigned. Certainty is assessed by important outcome across a complete eligible evidence set, not by attaching a final grade to one source.
Sources and record status
PMID: 40340040 · DOI: 10.12701/jyms.2025.42.34
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2026-08-10