Antimicrobial capacity of propolis in pulp therapy

Abstract

Introduction: Pulpotomy therapy is a treatment commonly carried out in pediatric patients to counteract the infection present, frequently chemical agents are used as antimicrobials being somewhat contradictory in terms of their effects. Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial action of 10% ethanolic extract of propolis in pulp therapy of primary dental organs. Materials and Methods: In this study, 10% ethanolic extracto of propolis (EEP) of natural origin was used for the treatment of pulpotomies.Its antimicrobial action was evaluated by collecting microbiological simples before the placement of EEP sample (S1) and after its placement sample (S2). The degree of microbial development was evaluated in McFarland Units and by CFU count at two initial times and24 hrs. Results: Propolis showed antimicrobial capacity since the results show an average decrease in bacterial growth amog the 20 samples, being from 8.30 to 8.10 in S1 and S2 as well as from 9,18 to 8.96 in S1a ande S2a. The results show an antimicrobial effect, obtaining differences between S1 and S2, results that favor the antimicrobial capacity of propolis. Conclusions: The use of plant extracts or natural derivatives such as propolis for the treatment of pulp therapy such as propolis for the treatment of pulp therapy such as pulpotomies in primary teeth is promising as an alternative to formocresol.

Propolis in dentistry

“…One of the concerns in paediatric dentistry is the preservation of the pulp of primary teeth, whose main objective is to maintain the space of the dental arches, but also to allow the permanent teeth to erupt when the primary tooth is exfoliated. One of the pulp therapies in which propolis has been successful is pulpotomy, which is a pulp therapy that is performed when the dental pulp is exposed and therefore the inflamed coronal pulp tissue has to be removed leaving only the root pulp [30].…”