Exploring the Potential of Natural Product-Based Nanomedicine for Maintaining Oral Health.

ABSTRACT: Oral diseases pose a major threat to public health across the globe. Diseases such as dental caries, periodontitis, gingivitis, halitosis, and oral cancer affect people of all age groups. Moreover, unhealthy diet practices and the presence of comorbidities aggravate the problem even further. Traditional practices such as the use of miswak for oral hygiene and cloves for toothache have been used for a long time. The present review exhaustively explains the potential of natural products obtained from different sources for the prevention and treatment of dental diseases. Additionally, natural medicine has shown activity in preventing bacterial biofilm resistance and can be one of the major forerunners in the treatment of oral infections. However, in spite of the enormous potential, it is a le

SUBMITTER: Kumar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8911592 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature