RATIONAL DATABASES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS APPLIED IN ORO-DENTAL MEDICINE

According to current statistics, dental pathologies affect an average of 3.5 billion people, both in underdeveloped and developing or even in developed areas. Today, there are many types of conventional oral treatments that can have various unpleasant side effects, such as systemic gastrointestinal...

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Published inInternational journal of medical dentistry Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 7 - 18
Main Authors Borca, Mădălina, Borca, Alexandru, Haliţchi, Gabriela, Ciobica, Alin, Mavroudis, Ioannis, Burlui, Ecaterina, Burlui, Vasile, Iordache, Alin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Iasi Apollonia University of Iasi, Medical Dentistry Faculty 01.01.2024
Subjects
Antibacterial activity
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial activity
Dentistry
Disease prevention
Drug resistance
Gum disease
Herbal medicine
Inflammation
Medicinal plants
Medicine
Microorganisms
Oral cavity
Oral diseases
Oral hygiene
Pathogens
Periodontal diseases
Phytotherapy
Plant extracts
R&D
Research & development
Side effects
Asia
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Summary:According to current statistics, dental pathologies affect an average of 3.5 billion people, both in underdeveloped and developing or even in developed areas. Today, there are many types of conventional oral treatments that can have various unpleasant side effects, such as systemic gastrointestinal symptoms or imbalance of the oral microbiota. [...]there is a considerable need to find alternative treatments that mitigate any known side effects. Phytotherapy and its applicability in dentistry Phytotherapy applied in the field of dental medicine is an area of interest for maintaining oral health throughout human history, when practised to rinse the oral cavity with various herbal infusions, some of them aromatic, with anti-inflammatory effect, reducing gum bleeding prior to periodontal disease, but also antibacterial effect, necessary to maintain optimal oral health, these effects being similar to those induced today by herbal mouthwash [5]. [...]the development of antibiotic resistance of these pathogens is increasingly problematized, and a saving element in this field could come from the sphere of plant extracts that have a specific antimicrobial effect [7]. [...]one of the vast fields in which medicinal plants find their usefulness with considerable effectiveness is the treatment of bacterial infections, if taking into account that current medicine is facing an accentuated phenomenon of bacterial resistance to synthetic antibiotics [8].
ISSN:2066-6063
2392-8018