REVIEW ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF Cassia auriculata, CHLORHEXIDINE & AMOXICILLIN AGAINST HUMAN SALIVARY MICROFLORA OF MIXED DENTITION AGE GROUP

Dental decay can be prevented. When it does occur, there are effective treatments for preventing the decay from causing pain and eventual tooth loss. This guideline provides members of the dental team, health visitors, community workers, nursery staff, parents, and others with an interest in improvi...

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Published inPharmacie Globale : International Journal of Comprehensive Pharmacy Vol. 3; no. 6; p. 1
Main Authors Deshpande, Rahul R, Dadpe, Mahesh V, Patil, Vishwas, Jadhav, Megha V, Mahajan, Priyanka, Gaikwad, Sucheta A, Deshpande, Nirmala R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Roorkee Pharmacie Globale 01.06.2012
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Summary:Dental decay can be prevented. When it does occur, there are effective treatments for preventing the decay from causing pain and eventual tooth loss. This guideline provides members of the dental team, health visitors, community workers, nursery staff, parents, and others with an interest in improving child dental health, with ready access to the best evidence based practice in the prevention and management of dental decay in the pre-school child. Ayurvedic medicine is an Indian ancient art of healthy living. A large segment of Indian population, today continue to prefer Ayurvedic rather than modern medicine. Cassia auriculata is an evergreen shrub that grows in many parts of India and in other parts of Asia. The flower, leaves, stem, root, and unripe fruit are used for treatment, especially in Ayurvedic medicine. People uses Cassia auriculata for diabetes, eyes infection, joint and muscle pain, constipation, jaundice, liver disease and urinary tract infection and also its antimicrobial activity can be used in dental preventive and therapeutic procedures for example root canal irrigants, mouthwash etc. This study shows antimicrobial activity of Cassia auriculata in different extracts at different concentration and also its comparison with other antimicrobial agents like chlorhexidine, s-flo and amoxicillin against human salivary microflora. This study proves that antimicrobial activity of cassia auriculata is comparable with antimicrobial agents tested and can be used as a preventive and therapeutic agents.
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ISSN:0976-8157
0976-8157