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Periodontal Disease and Phytotherapy
Petrovic MS1, Kesic LG1*, Kitic DV2, Milašin JM3, Obradovic RR1, Bojovic MD1, Simonovic AA41Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Dental Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Serbia
2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Serbia
3Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
4Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Serbia
- *Corresponding Author:
- Ljiljana Kesic
Dental clinic, Medical faculty University of Niš
Department for Oral Medicine and Periodontology
Bulevar Zorana Ðindica 81, 18 000 Niš, Serbia
Tel: +381-64-26-700-99
E-mail: kesic.ljiljana@gmail.com
Received Date: January 26, 2015; Accepted Date: March 03 2015; Published Date: March 10, 2015
Citation: Petrovic MS, Kesic LG, Kitic DV, Milašin JM, Obradovic RR, Bojovic MD, Simonovic AA (2015) Periodontal Disease and Phytotherapy.J Org Hyg Health 3:172. doi:10.4172/2332-0702.1000172
Copyright: ©2015 Petrovic et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Phytotherapy is used as an additional therapeutic method of treatment for gingivitis and periodontal disease. Besides its therapeutic effects, it has a role in improving general immunity. Herbs and their extracts have antimicrobial, antioxidative and antiinflammatory effects. Aim of this review article is to give a basic overview of usage of herbal species in treatment of periodontal disease. Besides causal treatment for periodontal disease, which represents “gold standard'' of periodontal therapy, the proper combination of herbal species and their extracts can improve the usual therapeutic procedure in patients with gingivitis and periodontal disease.
