Therapeutic benefits of liquorice in dentistry

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dc.contributor.authorSidhu, Preenaen_US
dc.contributor.authorShankargouda, Swapnilen_US
dc.contributor.authorRath, Avitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRamamurthy, Priyadarshini Hesarghattaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Benneteen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ashish Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:11:58Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:11:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractOral health influences general well-being and quality of life. Oral diseases can be debilitating and are amajor heath concern worldwide. Medicinal plants have been used for thousands of years for treatinghuman diseases. Considering the emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogens and financial difficultiesin developing countries, there is an urgent need for developing new antimicrobial compounds which aresafe, efficient and cost effective. Liquorice also known as yashtimadhu, sweetwood or mulhatti is onesuch herbal remedy which has shown to have immense potential in treatment of orofacial diseases.Liquorice is rich in secondary metabolites which are used in cosmetics, foods, traditional and modernmedicine. It has well known properties such as antiviral, glucocorticoid, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,anti-ulcerative, anti-carcinogenic and many more. Liquorice extracts and liquorice bioactive ingredientssuch as glabridin, licoricidin, licorisoflavan A, licochalcone A, and glycyrrhizin have shown beneficialeffects in preventing and treating oral diseases. This paper reviews the effects of liquorice and its constituents on oral diseases such as dental caries, periodontitis, gingivitis, candidiasis, recurrent aphthousulcer and oral cancer and its use as a root canal medicament and summarizes the results of clinical trialsthat investigated the potential beneficial effects of liquorice and its constituents as a prevention andtreatment modality in oral diseases. Clinical trials, case reports and review of literature evaluating theeffect of liquorice on oral microorganisms and oral diseases are included. Literature pertaining to theeffects of liquorice on systemic diseases have been excluded from this review of literature.© 2018 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services byElsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsKLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Kota Damansara, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSidhu Preena, Shankargouda Swapnil, Rath Avita, Ramamurthy Priyadarshini Hesarghatta, Fernandes Bennete, Singh Ashish Kumar. Therapeutic benefits of liquorice in dentistry. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2020 Jan; 11(1): 82-88en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-9476
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/214116
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.1016/j.jaim.2017.12.004en_US
dc.subjectLiquorice Dental caries Candidiasis Gingivitis Periodontitis Oral cancer Aphthous Dentistryen_US
dc.titleTherapeutic benefits of liquorice in dentistryen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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