Stomatology ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 371-375.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2023.04.016

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Research progress of propolis on prevention and treatment of caries

ZHANG Lunqi1,WANG Kun1,ZHANG Linglin1,2()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Disease, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Revised:2022-07-05 Online:2023-04-28 Published:2023-05-08
  • Contact: ZHANG Linglin E-mail:zhll_sc@163.com

Abstract:

Caries is a common oral disease that jeopardizes human health. With the improvement of living standards in recent years, people pay more and more attention to oral health care and put forward new requirements for the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. Searching for safer and more effective means of caries prevention and treatment has become a hot spot in research on oral diseases. As a traditional Chinese medicine ingredient, propolis has many functions such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. This article reviews research on propolis' biological activity, biosecurity, dental caries prevention and treatment.

Key words: propolis, antibacterial, caries, caffeic acid phenethyl ester, Streptococcus mutans

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