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Essential Oils and their uses in ORAL CARE

Essential Oils And Their Uses In Dentistry – A Review

Dr Reema Sharma.MDS (Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)

Mahatma Gandhi Dental college and hospital · Jaipur

Abstract
Oral health plays a significant role in the overall well-being of humans. According to the latest WHO study, oral diseases are the most commonly existing diseases in society, which cause discomfort, pain, loss of teeth, and even death in a few cases. Dental diseases are classified as dental caries, periodontal diseases, gingivitis, plaque, dental pain. Essential oils obtained from Clove, lavender, cinnamon, eucalyptus, lemon, tea tree, coconut, spearmint has been reported to possess significant therapeutic efficacy in dental diseases. Essential oils are frequently used for the treatment of oral diseases because of their antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.

Date of Submission: 13-11-2023 Date of Acceptance: 23-11-2023

 

I. Introduction

Dental medicine is one of the fields of medicine where the most common pathologies are of bacterial and fungal origins. Preventive medicine relies mostly upon reducing the bacterial biofilm via oral hygiene. The most often used active ingredients in mouth rinses and toothpastes are chlorhexidine, hyaluronic acid, and fluorides. Although effective, chemical products may have some clinical disadvantages: teeth discoloration, taste alterations, mouth dryness, supragingival calculus accumulation, and oral mucosal lesions. The attention of many researchers has focused on the antimicrobial properties of traditional medical substances, like essential oils (EOs) . EOs and extracts have demonstrated effective antibacterial and antifungal properties. In the field of dental medicine, oral hygiene products based on herbal extracts are well-known. This article aims to explore the wide and interesting world of Essential oils and their myriad uses both traditional and new.

Full article: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 22, Issue 11 Ser.5 (November. 2023), PP 01-08 www.iosrjournals.org

Essential Oils and Their Major Components:
An Updated Review on Antimicrobial Activities, Mechanism of Action and Their Potential Application in the Food Industry

by: Manasweeta Angane, Simon Swift, Kang Huang, Christine A. Butts and Siew Young Quek*

  1. Food Science, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
  2. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
  3. The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
  4. Riddet Institute, New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for Food Research, Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand

 

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Full article: Foods 2022, 11(3), 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11030464

Submission received: 8 January 2022 / Revised: 28 January 2022 / Accepted: 3 February 2022 / Published: 4 February 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards the Use of Natural Compounds for Crop Protection and Food Safety)