The Current Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of Synthetic/Herbal/Biomaterials in Dental Application

Abstract

Herbal and chemical products are used for oral care and biofilm treatment and also have been reported to be controversial in the massive trials conducted in this regard. The present review is aimed at evaluating the potential of relevant herbal and chemical products and comparing their outcomes to conventional oral care products and summarizing the current state of evidence of the antibiofilm properties of different products by evaluating studies from the past eleven years. Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), essential oils (EOs), and acetylpyridinium chloride were, respectively, the most commonly studied agents in the included studies. As confirmed by all systematic reviews, CHX and EO significantly control the plaque formation and gingival indices. Fluoride is another interesting reagent in oral care products that has shown promising results of oral health improvement, but the evidence quality needs to be refined. The synergy between natural plants and chemical products should be targeted in the future to accede to the formation of new, efficient, and healthy anticaries strategies. Moreover, to discover their biofilm-interfering or biofilm-inhibiting activities, effective clinical trials are needed. In this review article, therapeutic applications of herbal/chemical materials in oral biofilm infections are discussed in recent years (2010-2022).

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COVID-19 Risk Management in Dental Offices: A Review Article

“…Dental procedures lead to the dissemination of microorganisms in the aerosol in the dental office. Some research showed mouth wash rinse such as chlorhexidine, essential oils, cetylpyridinium chloride, and herbal products to reduce the microorganisms in dental office aerosol [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47], [48]. Commercially available mouthwashes, such as 0.05% cetylpyridinium chloride CPC utilized as a pre-procedural mouth rinse, were equally beneficial, as CHX, to lower the incidence of bacteria produced during the ultrasonic scaling [39], [40], [44], [49], [50], [51], [52].…”