Natural medicine in Endodontics. Medicine from the roots

      Аннотация: Herbal medicines (Botanical medicine, Phytomedicine, or Phytotherapy) refer to herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and finished herbal products that contain parts of plants or other materials as active ingredients. Today the Herbal or natural products have become more popular due to their high antimicrobial activity, biocompatibility, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties .Today, herbal medicines are introduced into the tooth pastes to prevent dental caries. The anti-cariogenic property of polyphenols is mainly due to a direct effect against S. mutans. It inhibits the adherence of bacterial cells to the tooth surface by interacting with the microbial membrane proteins . In endodontics herbs are mainly used for the disinfection of the root canal. There is increased research towards the herbal irrigants due to the some adverse effects of the most of synthetic intracanal medicaments.

Ключевые слова: herbal products, Natural Medicine, Herbs in Endodontics, Propolis, turmeric, tea tree oil, Plants in Endodontics