Title

Effects of turmeric (Curcuma longa) on oral health

Authors

Vidhya Rekha Umapathy^1,*, Bhuminathan Swamikannu², Sumathi Jones³, M Kiran⁴, Tanuja Lella⁵, Vinyas Mayasa⁶ & Jayamathi Govindaraj⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai 600100, India; ²Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai 600100, India; ³Department of Pharmacology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai 600100, India; ⁴Department of Microbiology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai 600044, India; ⁵Department of Pharmacology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai 600044, India; ⁶Department of Pharmacology, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy, Telangana, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Vidhya Rekha Umapathy- E-mail:drvidhyarekha@gmail.com
Bhuminathan Swamikannu - E-mail:bhumi.sbdch@gmail.com
Sumathi Jones - E-mail:sumathijones@gmail.com
M Kiran - E-mail:kiran.b@bharathuniv.ac.in
Tanuja Lella- E-mail:tanujalella.ph@bharathuniv.ac.in
Vinyas Mayasa - E-mail:vinyasmayasa7@gmail.com
Jayamathi Govindaraj– E-mail:gjayamathe@gmail.com

Article Type

Review Article

Date

Received May 2, 2022; Revised June 30, 2022; Accepted June 30, 2022, Published June 30, 2022

The turmeric plant was used in ancient medicine to cure a wide range of diseases, including cough, diabetes, and liver disease. Data shows that the principal chemical component of turmeric, curcumin, has a variety of beneficial effects on the body. Therefore, it is of interest to document data on the therapeutic activities of turmeric, including its extracts and possible medical uses, as well as its oral and dental uses and a safety assessment of those uses. Curcumin, the most pure form of turmeric, has shown promise in dentistry.

Keywords

Turmeric, curcumin, pharmacological actions, dentistry

Citation

Umapathy et al. Bioinformation 18(6): 538-542 (2022)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.