Role of Medicinal Herbs in Management of Oral Diseases – A Review

Oral diseases persist to be a major health problem around the world. Apart from dental caries and periodontal diseases which are the most important global oral health problems, other conditions like oral and pharyngeal cancers and oral tissue lesions are also of important concern.Oral health is essential to general well-being and is related to the quality of life that extends beyond the functioning of the craniofacial complex. In most developing countries, expenditure in oral health care is low; access to dental healthcare is limited and is generally restricted to emergency dental care or pain relief. Moreover, allopathic medicine is expensive these chemicals can alter oral microbiota and have undesirable side-effects such as vomiting, diarrhea and tooth staining. Hence, the search for alternative products continues and natural extracts isolated from plants used as traditional medicines are considered as good alternatives. This review discusses about the role of medicinal herbs in management of oral diseases.