Year :
2013
| Month :
August
| Volume :
7
| Issue :
8
| Page :
1827 - 1829
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Emerging Trends of Herbal Care
in Dentistry
Published: August 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3282
Gunjan Kumar, Md. Jalaluddin, Purnendu Rout, Rajat Mohanty, C.L. Dileep
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar,Odisha, India.
2. Reader, Department of Periodontics, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
3. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
5. Professor & HOD, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Surendra Dental College, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Gunjan Kumar,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Phone: 08455936399, E-mail: mdsdrgk@gmail.com
Abstract
Herbs are staging a comeback and herbal ‘renaissance’ is happening all over the globe. The herbal products, today, symbolize safety, in contrast to the synthetics that are regarded as unsafe to humans and the environment. A herb, botanically speaking, is any plant that lacks the woody tissue which is characteristic of shrubs or trees. More specifically, herbs are plants which are used medicinally or for their flavour or scent. Herbs with medicinal properties are a useful and an effective source of treatment for various disease processes. Herbal extracts have been successfully used in dentistry as tooth cleaning and antimicrobial plaque agents. The use of herbal medicines continues to expand rapidly across the world. Many people take herbal medicines or herbal products now for their health care in different national healthcare settings. Herbal extracts have been used in dentistry for reducing inflammation, as antimicrobial plaque agents, for preventing release of histamine and as antiseptics, antioxidants, antimicrobials, antifungals, antibacterials, antivirals and analgesics. They also aid in healing and are effective in controlling microbial plaque in gingivitis and periodontitis, thereby improving immunity.
Keywords
Herbal extracts, Dentistry, Antiseptics and antibacterials
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DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6339.3282
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
Date of Submission: Apr 26, 2013
Date of Peer Review: Jun 14, 2013
Date of Acceptance: Jun 26, 2013
Date of Publishing: Aug 01, 2013
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