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Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. WARNING: Tea Tree Oil is not recommended for children, pregnant women or mothers that are breastfeeding.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that tea tree oil is effective in treating gingivitis)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Treatments:
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3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-teatreeoil.html
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816275
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8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9055360
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