Abstract
The antibacterial action of five different tooth pastes namely Himalaya dental cream, Aloe dent, Dabur tooth paste, Colgate and Colgate white were evaluated against selected human pathogenic strains Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. All the tooth paste was exhibiting good anti-bacterial effect against screened organisms except Escherichia coli. In our study the antibacterial efficacy of Himalaya dental cream and Aloe dent is more or less same followed by Dabur, Colgate and Colgate white tooth pastes. This preliminary study suggesting that the herbal tooth pastes is better than non-herbal tooth pastes.