Use of traditional herbal medicine as an alternative in dental treatmentin Mexican dentistry: a review
| Autor: | Martha Díaz Gómez, Cindy Cruz Martínez, Myung Sook Oh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Mexican herbs oral disease dental herb therapy Herbal Medicine Alternative medicine Pharmaceutical Science Dentistry Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences Gingivitis 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Drug Discovery medicine Humans Mexico Periodontal Diseases Pharmacology Periodontitis Plants Medicinal Plant Extracts business.industry lcsh:RM1-950 mexican herbs 030206 dentistry General Medicine medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents stomatognathic diseases lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology Complementary and alternative medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Molecular Medicine Medicine Traditional Oral disease medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY(55): 1 Pharmaceutical Biology, Vol 55, Iss 1, Pp 1992-1998 (2017) |
| Popis: | Context: Herbal therapies are used worldwide to treat health conditions. In Mexico, generations have used them to treat gingivitis, periodontitis, mouth infections, and discoloured teeth. However, few studies have collected scientific evidence on their effects. Objective: This study aimed at searching and compiling scientific evidence of alternative oral and dental treatments using medicinal herbs from Mexico. Methods: We collected various Mexican medicinal plants used in the dental treatment from the database of the Institute of Biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. To correlate with existing scientific evidence, we used the PubMed database with the key term ‘(scientific name) and (oral or dental)’. Results: Mexico has various medical herbs with antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, according to ancestral medicinal books and healers. Despite a paucity of experimental research demonstrating the antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antiplaque effects of these Mexican plants, they could still be useful as an alternative treatment of several periodontal diseases or as anticariogenic agents. However, the number of studies supporting their uses and effects remains insufficient. Discussion and conclusion: It is important for the health of consumers to scientifically demonstrate the real effects of natural medicine, as well as clarify and establish their possible therapeutic applications. Through this bibliographical revision, we found papers that testify or refute their ancestral uses, and conclude that the use of plants to treat oral conditions or to add to the dental pharmacological arsenal should be based on experimental studies verifying their suitability for dental treatments. |
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