Apitherapy - A sweet approach to dental diseases. Part II: Propolis
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چکیده
“Look back into the nature and then you will understand everything better.” This quote by Albert Einstein clearly point towards the paradigm shift from costlier antibiotic therapies to the old tradition remedies with minimum side effects like apitherapy. Apitherapy is the medicinal use of products made by honeybees. Therapies involving the honeybee have existed for thousands of years and some may be as old as human medicine itself. This can include the use of honey, propolis, pollen, royal jelly, and bee venom. This piece of writing throws a light on proplis and its clinical importance in medicine and dentistry.
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