Therapeutic utilities of Aloe Vera in Dentistry - An overview

Aloe vera is known from centuries as a medicinal plant. Its a wonder plant with a lot of health benefits and hence often been called the natural healer. It is a tropical plant that flourishes in warm and dry climate and looks like a cactus with fleshy thorny leaves. This wonder plant has also been used in dentistry for its beneficial properties in various conditions like lichen planus, apthous stomatitis, oral submucous fibrosis, pulpotomy of primary teeth, prevention of dry sockets, obturation of primary teeth, disinfection of irrigation units, bleeding and painful gums, disinfection of gutta percha cones, burning mouth syndrome and in radiated head and neck cancer patients.