A Well-Known Plant and New Therapeutic Strategies: Turmeric and Its Components in Oral Inflammatory Diseases Treatment

Turmeric has been known for centuries as a spice and an important element of traditional medicine. Nowadays, plant-derived compounds are still object extensive scientific investigations aiming at the development novel drugs dosage forms. its most component, curcumin, reveal numerous interesting biological properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory antimicrobial activity. Numerous studies focusing on various aspects activity turmeric-derived show that curcuminoids display enormous potential active pharmaceutical ingredients useful in wide spectrum medical conditions. Oral diseases comprising both mild inflammations severe life-threatening conditions classified common ones, affecting part global population. In this review, current research regarding turmeric constituents oral is summarized discussed, with special attention paid to findings future directions exploration curcuminoids.