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Herbal based therapeutics for tooth remineralization

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V.V. Premkumar, B. Saravana Karthikeyan, S. Mahalaxmi
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.10.131

Abstract

Dental caries is considered as the most common polymicrobial oral disease in the world. With the aim of developing alternative approaches to reduce or prevent the decay, non-invasive remineralization strategy is usually preferred in a clinical scenario. A plethora of literature studies reveal the potential of anticaries activity of a number of herbal products, being suggested as alternatives to conventional therapeutic remineralization agents.The aim of this paper is to review the contemporary remineralizing agents available for remineralization therapyand their implementation into clinical practice. A search of articles from “Pubmed”, “Medline” and “Scopus” databases with the keywordsRemineralization- demineralization, natural remineralizingagents, herbal dental products, anti-cariogenic plant derivatives was conducted. Major natural products with anticarieseffects are derived from food, beverages, flowersor traditional herbs and the active constituents are mostly polyphenolic in nature. All the herbal agents exhibit antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity while someof them are reported to be effective in shifting the de-/remineralizationbalance and collagen biomodification. Future research investigations are warranted to explore the biological validation of these herbal based remineralizing agents through in vivo animal and clinical studies prior to commercialization and clinical translation.

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