Abstract

PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL TOOTH POWDER

Shilpa Pandharinath Dakhurkar*, Priya Vishwanath Mijgar, Snehal Dilip Wani and Prachi Madhukar Murkute

Abstract

Dentrifires are the product which is used to maintain the Oral Hyiene such as Freshness of mouth and to avoid tooth decay. The oral hygiene can be maintained throughout the day by using various dentrifices prepared by herbal and synthetic ingredients. This work was carried out to prepare Tooth powder which can be used as a tool for proper oral hygiene and to overcome the side effect of the conventional Tooth power prepared by synthetic ingredients. the Tooth Powder was prepared by using various herbal ingredients which possess the antibacterial, antiseptic and cooling properties. clove powder, Cinnamon Powder, Pepper Powder, Neem Powder, kala namak Khiar Powder, Babul sal Powder, Arjuna Powder, Madhunashini, Liquorice, Ritha, Triphala(Amala, Baheda, Hirda), Lodhara Powder, Vavding Powder, Pudina And Tulsi powder are the herbal ingredients were used in this work to formulate herbal tooth powder which can satisfy all the required properties to keep the mouth fresh and to prevent Tooth Decay caused by bacteria. The prepared Tooth Powder was evaluated for its organoleptic and physical characteristics such as color, odour, taste, stability, foamability and abrasiveness to ensure that it possess all the desired features to use against the dental disease. The result was found within the permitted limits.

Keywords: Herbal Ingredients, synthetic ingredients, Oral hygiene.