Propolis in Medicine & Dentistry

Propolis consists of various amounts of resins and beeswaxes that produced by the honeybees from different natural plants, as leaf buds and flowers.They have been used in medical folk or medical traditional since times of ancient. The medical application of propolis, clinically, as a natural dental medicine in the different dental specialities like oral hygiene, periodontology and oral mucosa pathologies, oral surgery, orthodontics, restorative dentistry; endodontics and prosthetic dentistry. Propolis (bee glue) is used as treated the oral diseases in terms of antimicrobial activity of propolis associate with flavonoids and hydroxyl cinnamic acid, and lower associated risks. The dentistry application of propolis is probably the more well scientifically documented and now applied practically in many countries, commonly, the propolis is applied in the different dental specialties as periodontology, oral mucosa pathology, oral surgery,orthodontics and prosthodontics. Traditional uses of propolis probably has been more commonly used in wood preservatives or varnishes. Propolis is used for Musical instruments by most stringed instrument maker to enhance the appearance of the wood grain.

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Ibrahim H. AlfahdawiBDS (Collège de dentisterie, Université de Bagdad), MSc (Collège de dentisterie, Université de Bagdad), PhD (Collège de dentisterie, Université de Bagdad). Professeur adjoint, département de prosthodontie, faculté de médecine dentaire, université d'Anbar, province d'Anbar, Iraq.