Abstract

TO PREPARE, EVALUATE AND SUBMIT HERBAL GARGLES

Akash R. Tangde*, Vaishnavi S. Theng, Kanchan S. Mhaske, Chanchal C. Nirgude,

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Abstract

The oral cavity is the home of various bacterial species. All through some of the oral bacteria are harmless and there are certain species that are harmfull which may causes oral plaque, bad breath and mouth disease. Thus maintain a good oral hygiene is essential for healthy mouth and body. The importance of herbs are highly considered as effective in contrast chemical products. Medicinal plants play important role in curing diseases due to their antimicrobial and antifungal activity against human pathogen through decades. Herbal product help to control dental plaque, inhibit growth of bacteria, freshen breath, cleanse tooth. Herbal mouthwashes can be used as an adjunct to various oral hygiene practices like tooth brushing, flossing. They have effective antiinflammatory, anti-plaque properties and hence can be used in supportive periodontal therapy. Various herbal product and their extract such as Neem, Turmeric, clove, peppermint have shown significant advantages over chemical ones. Medicinal plants play a vital role in curing disease due to their anti-bacterial, antimicrobial, anti-fungal activity against human pathogen through decades. Natural mouthwashes may offer significant advantages over chemical ones. If such formulation can be formulated by which can be easily prepared and used safety by people at home using natural product. It may lead to improvement in the general dental health of population. Herbal mouthwashes are in high demand because they act on oral pathogen and relieve the pain instantly and are also less or no side effect. One of the most common infectious diseases encountered by many individuals are dental carries and periodontal disease at different stage of lifetime. This review is an attempt to outline such natural substances can be used as a effective mouthwashes. The present study aimed to formulate polyherbal mouthwash that have antibacterial properties. Herbal mouthwashes are mouthwashes which are prepared from natural plant extracts. The use of Herbal mouthwash has grown advantage over chemical mouthwashes due to their nonirritant and Non-staining properties and it does not contain alcohol. The natural extracts present in these Herbal mouthwashes are obtained from various plant leaves, fruits, seeds and various tree oils. They have very minimal or no side effects and they are less harmful. Phytotherapeutic plant extracts and essential oils are used to create and produce herbal mouthwashes, which contain a variety of active ingredients such catechins, tannins, and sterols. Herbal mouthwash is used to promote better oral hygiene. It aids in reducing tooth plaque. It is applicable to gum diseases. Used to eliminate bacteria in the mouth. In this study the various natural ingredients and materials are used. Then the thin layer chromatography was done to check the quality of materials used. Then the physical evaluation, ph determination, stability study, thin layer chromatography, antimicrobial study was studied. By this study it was concluded that the developed herbal mouthwash possess significant, therapeutically efficacious, suitable vehicle for drug delivery in low cost but definitely with high potential. Hence there is need for increased usage of herbal preparation to avoid the adverse effects. This study is an attempt to outline such natural substances, which may be used as effective mouthwashes. Considering increasing antibiotic resistance and periodontal diseases incidence, the need of a safe, effective, and economical alternative mouthwash seems necessary. Combination of Persian oak husk of Quercus brantii (Jaft) with astringent and antibacterial properties of its tannins and Zataria multiflora leaves with anti-bacterial activity related to its essential oil seems to be more effective.

Keywords: Materials and Methods, Macroscopic properties, Macroscopic Characteristics, chemical constituents, formulation, method of preparation, evaluation tests.