Efficacy of regular gargling with a cetylpyridinium chloride plus zinc containing mouthwash can reduce upper respiratory symptoms

• Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: muniz.fwmg@ufpel.edu.br

  Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-1752

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• Maísa Casarin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Natália Marcumini Pola,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Taciane Menezes da Silveira,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Francisco Hecktheuer Silva,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Guilherme Azario de Holanda,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Larissa Viana de Oliveira,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Pedro Paulo de Almeida Dantas,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Bernal Stewart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Zilson Malheiros,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Carlos Benítez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Latin American Oral Health Association, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Lyndsay Schaeffer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

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