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Year : 2010 | Volume
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Antimicrobial Effect of Honey on Plaque Microflora
Minti Kumari, Sabyasachi Saha, Sahana Srinivas
PG Student, Professor & Head, Senior Lecturer, Department of Preventive &community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow. 226025 (U.P), India
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Introduction: Honey has been used as a medicine throughout the ages. Large volumes of literature reported its effectiveness as a potent anti bacterial and anti-inflammatory agent. lbis study is to investigate anti-microbial properties of honey against some bacterial strains present in dental plaque.
Materials & Method: The short term antibacterial effect of honey on plaque microorganism of oral cavity was tested in 10 volunteers. Bacterial colony counts before and after honey application was observed. Magnitude of difference in microbial colony was expressed in unit per ml to identify the role of honey on plaque micro-flora.
Results: After application of Honey on all the volunteers, it was observed that the bacterial colony counts of three species namely: Streptococcus mutans, Peptostreptococcus sp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were reduced in significant amount, whereas the colony counts of Staphylococcus aureus were reduced but not significantly.
Conclusion: The above result is encouraging. To consider honey as a potent antimicrobial agent further studies incorporating more bacterial species are required. Study findings can result invaluable public health intervention. |
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