Case Study
Year: 2021 | Month: October | Volume: 11 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 209-213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211027
Management of Oral Hygiene through Ayurveda: A Case Study
Shravani Gawande1, Gulab Chand Pamnani2, Sharad Bhatnagar3
1P.G Scholar, Department of Shalakya Tantra, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Shalakya Tantra, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India
3Consultant Dentist, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India
Corresponding Author: Shravani Gawande
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of health care and longevity. It involves a holistic view of man, his health and illness. Even though dentistry was not a specialised branch of Ayurveda, it is included in Shalakya Tantra. Oral diseases continue to be a major health problem worldwide. Oral health also reflects body health. For prevention and treatment of oral diseases modern medicine has limited success.
Ayurveda is good alternate for that and may lead to novel preventive or therapeutic strategies for oral health. This 500 years old system of medicine not only recommends treatment with specific herbs and minerals to cure oral diseases but also recommends some daily use therapeutic procedures for the prevention of and maintenance of oral health.
Recently there is grown interest in use of ayurvedic drugs for oral health and proper hygiene. Ayurveda herbs and natural products have been used for their pharmacological applications, wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant properties have been proven to be safe and effective for oral disease and hygiene including various therapeutic ayurvedic procedures.
Key words: Oral health, Oral diseases, Ayurvedic herbs.