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Potential and Limitations for the Development of Natural Substance-Derived New Dental Drugs

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Natural substances have been known to have various therapeutic possibilities.Among them, herbal dentistry is regarded as a representative field of herbal-based dental pharmacology that aims to prevent and treat dental diseases.The purpose of this study is to explore the possibility as the sources of new drugs for dental treatment by reviewing the findings of previous studies as well as the history of traditional application utilizing various natural substances centered on the edible and medicinal plants on earth.Through this review, we will finally examine its limitations together with the achievements of these researches, thereby identifying the future directions to facilitate the development of new dental drugs, while relatively neglected compared to the medical field.

Source: Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

DOI: 10.14476/jomp.2025.50.3.79

Authors: Kun-Hwa Kang, Jae-Kwang Jung

Institution: Kyungpook National University

Language: English

Topic: Medicinal Plant Research

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Research Foundation, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea