Advance in herbal medicine applied to intracanal antisepsis
- VernacularTitle:天然药物应用于根管消毒的研究进展
- Author:
Zhongpeng YANG
1
;
Ling ZOU
Author Information
- Keywords: root canal therapy; antisepsis; herbal medicine
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2014;(6):621-624
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Intracanal?antisepsis?acts?as?one?of?the?fundamental?steps?in?root?canal?therapy.?Intracanal?medication?is?very?common?among?the?multitudinous?root?canal?disinfection?methods?so?far.?However,?as?the?most?frequently-used?intracanal?medication,?calcium?hydroxide?exists?some?problems,?such?as?insufficient?antimicrobial?power?and?antibiogram.?Thus?exploring?new?root?canal?disinfectant?is?necessary.?Herbal?medicine?is?gaining?favor?for?its?wide?varieties,?broad?efficacy?and?affordable?prices.?The?current?researches?revealed?that?many?kinds?of?herbs?or?compound?herbal?preparations?possess?good?ability?of?anti-microbial?and?other?properties?that?superior?to?those?of?traditional?root?canal?disinfectants.?However,?herbal?medicine?itself?and?the?studies?have?shortcomings.?This?paper?will?provide?a?review?of?various?herbal?alternatives?that?are?being?studied?of?late?years.
