Herbal Extracts Used in Dental Disorders
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 19, Issue 1
Abstract
Natural products have been recently investigated more thoroughly as promising agents for the prevention of oral diseases, especially plaque-related diseases such as dental caries. Oral diseases, a major health issue in the world, are economically affecting people of developed countries as 10 % of the health expenditure is related to dental care. Different surveys showed that medicinal plant species used by the people for the traditional treatment of dental diseases are inadequately screened for their therapeutic/ preventive potential and phytochemical findings. In this review, some herbal extracts commonly used in dental disorders and their bioactivities are outlined.Medicinal plants play an important role for human health. Apart from traditional uses, many compounds isolated from them have useful medicinal properties for treating different diseases. They are promising source for identifing lead bioactive compounds. The significant contribution of medicinal plants to the drug industry, all over the world, was due to the increasing number of phytochemical and biological studies. Medicinal plants are an important source of developing new therapeutic agents. Plant species have long been regarded as possessing the principal ingredients used in widely disseminated ethnomedical practices. Plants used in traditional medicine present a natural and renewable source of secondary metabolites that can be used for producing new drugs and, therefore, the treatment of various human disorders. In addition, in developing countries the herbal medicines are providing to be phytochemicals isolated from plants used in traditional medicines, are considered to be safe and effective alternatives compared to synthetic chemicals. A wide variety of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants having in vitro different biological activities provide for novel drug compounds. Today, oral care products combined with medicinal plant extracts are gaining high interest due to their low toxicity and less side effects all over the world [1]. The main diseases of the teeth include plaque, caries and pyorrhea. Proper dental care is necessary for eliminating tooth decay and periodontal diseases. Prevention of dental caries is challenging, as the incidence of the disease is very high in general population and it occurs in economi cally deprived people who cannot afford the commercially available oral hygiene products. Even though caries is known to be an infectious disease for decades, very little effort has been done to use this information clinically. The numbers of drugs including cetylpyridinium chloride, amine fluorides, triclosan, and chlorhexidine are not only toxic, but also, they cause staining of teeth [2]. Herbal mouthwashes were statistically efficacious in controlling plaque and gingivitis with potent antimicrobial activity. Different from other commercially available chemicals, they not only alter the oral microbial environment but also play a role in developing the resistant strain. Hence, in order to prevent dental caries [3], it is time to focus our attention toward natural resources which have vast abilities to inhibit the growth of microbes that are responsible for caries. Herbal extracts have been used in dentistry for reducing inflammation, as antimicrobial plaque agents, for preventing release of histamine and as antiseptics, antioxidants, antimicrobials, antivirals and analgesics [4,5]. They also aid in healing and are effective in controlling microbial plaque in gingivitis and periodontitis and thereby improving immunity. This review will focus on the different herbal extracts used as common for prevention and treatment of the different oral diseases.
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Bilge Şener, Mehtap Kiliç
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.19.003254
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