Propolis in Oral Healthcare, Fearnley, Ravalia, Wander

Propolis in Oral Healthcare
Propolis is effectively the bee colonies’ external immune defence mechanism. Honey bees collect resin from trees and plants and transform it in the hive adding wax to create propolis, an astonishingly versatile material which both provides structural support and a clinically sterile environment inside the hive. It has been used as a medicine by man since Egyptian times.
Recent research indicates that bees ‘know’ exactly what chemicals to collect to deal with the dominant environmental challenges they face in their area - the same challenges which human beings face in the same environment. For example bees in Savannah environments have been found to produce chemicals active against trypanosomes the critical element in Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), a condition particularly prevalent in Africa.
James Fearnley is an acknowledged world authority on propolis. He is author of Bee Propolis: Natural Healing from the Hive (Souvenir Press 2001) and has been responsible for numerous peer review research papers on the pharmacological properties of propolis. Research has been carried out at the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham, Strathclyde and Bradford.
Dr Munir Ravalia qualified from the Royal London hospital in 2002. During his various hospital postings he was awarded the The Membership of the Faculty of Dental surgeons. He has a medical diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy and has a passion for the utilisation of natural remedies for patients.
Dr Philip Wander is one of the UK’s leading exponents of holistic dentistry and has pioneered the use of propolis in a variety of applications over the last 20 years. He is a founder and present President of the British Homeopathic Dental Association. Philip has written extensively on natural and holistic approaches to oral healthcare. He is also one of the UK’s leading dental photographers.
VIEW Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- General Overview
- General Application of Propolis in Oral Health
- Treating the whole person
- Prophylactic dental treatment
- Dental treatment and some medical conditions
- Pre-treatment
- Pre-anaesthetic
- Temporary restorative dressing
- Disinfectant
- Minimising adverse effects of x-ray
- Using Propolis to Treat Specific Disease
- Amalgam replacement
- Abscess
- Angular cheilitis (perleche, cheilosis)
- Burning mouth syndrome (BMS)
- Caries (tooth decay)
- Oral candidiasis
- Cracked natural teeth and damaged or ill fitting dentures
- Dental trauma
- Dentine hypersensitivity
- Dry socket (alveolar osteitis)
- Endodontics
- Teething (erupting deciduous teeth)
- Frictional keratosis (white patch)
- Sore tongue (glossitis geographic tongue)
- Gum disease - periodontal disease (Gingivitis - Periodontitis)
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Herpes labialis (cold sores)
- Lichen planus
- Oral cancer
- White patch (leukoplakia)
- Pericoronitis
- Sjorgens syndrome Formerly known as sicca syndrome
- Mouth ulcers
- Apthous ulcers
- Traumatic ulcers
- Viral and bacterial ulcers
- HIV ulceration
- Ulcers relating to chemotherapy
- Ulcers relating to radiotherapy
- Restorative dentistry
- Summary Table
- Some Dental Research over the Last 25 Years
- The use of Propolis in Dentistry, Oral Health, and Medicine: a Review
- Introduction
- Function of propolis in bee colonies
- Propolis and its therapeutic use in human health
- Propolis in dentistry
- Propolis in caries prevention and/or treatment
- Propolis as a supragingival plaque, gingivitis, and periodontitis medicament
- Propolis in cavity disinfection solutions
- Propolis for intracanal and root canal medicaments
- Propolis as dental pulp medicament
- Wound and bone healing properties of propolis
- Propolis in oral health and medicine
- Propolis for oral mycosis treatments
- Propolis as an antiviral treatment
- Propolis as a potential treatment for oral cancer
- Adverse effects of propolis
- Conclusions
- Introduction
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