Abstract

PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO ORAL CARE: FORMULATION OF A FICUS RELIGIOSA-ENRICHED HERBAL PRODUCT

Polly Gupta*, Dr. Shashank Tiwari, Himanshi Pandey and Abhishek Tiwari

ABSTRACT

The oral cavity is the home of various bacterial species. All through some of the oral bacteria are harmless and there are certain species that are harmful which may cause oral plaque, bad breath and mouth disease. Thus maintain a good oral hygiene is essential for healthy mouth and body. The importance of herbs is highly considered as effective in contrast chemical products. Medicinal plants play important role in curing diseases due to their antimicrobial and antifungal activity against human pathogen through decades. Herbal product help to control dental plaque, inhibit growth of bacteria, freshen breath, cleanse tooth. Herbal mouthwashes can be used as an adjunct to various oral hygiene practices like tooth brushing, flossing. They have effective anti-inflammatory, anti-plaque properties andhence can be used in supportive periodontal therapy. Various herbal product such as peepal, babool, guava leave, rosemary, clove, peppermint have shown significant advantages over chemical ones. Medicinal plants play a vital role in curing disease due to their anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal activity against human pathogen through decades. Natural herbal oral care tablet may offer significant advantages over chemical ones. If such formulation can be formulated by which can be easily prepared and used safety by people at home using natural product. It may lead to improvement in the general dental health. Herbal oral care are in high demand because they act on oral pathogen and relieve the pain instantly and are also less or no side effect, easy to carry in comparison to liquid mouthwash. One of the most common infectious diseases encountered by many individuals are dental carries and periodontal disease at different stage of lifetime. This project is an attempt to outline such natural substances powdered form can be used as an effective oral tablet. The present research aimed to formulate polyherbal oral care tablet that have antibacterial properties.

Keywords: Ficus religiosa, rosemary, babool powder, antibacterial properties.