Propolis is consist of various amounts of resins and beeswaxes that
produced by the honeybees from different natural plants, as leaf
buds and flowers. It is a sticky and dark-brown color material that
produced by honeybees from natural plants that the bees mixed it
with wax and applied it in building, construction and adaptation of
the nests specially in repair cracks and defects in the bees hive.
They have been used in medical folk or medical traditional since
times of ancient. It is now known to be natural medical treatment
with, antifungal, antibacterial, antioxiditive, antitumor and
mmunomodulatory properties. These medical properties of
propolis are motivating isolation researches, identification of the
possible relationship of these with its biological activity, and
chemical compounds. It was used in dentistry for healing of
surgical wound (or post-surgical mouth pain), tooth
hypersensitivity, pulp capping and root canal treatment. Propolis
has a promising goal in future medically. This research shows the
application of propolis, clinically, as a natural dental medicine.
Furthermore; systemic and clinical applications of these drugs may
have some adverse effects like liver toxicity, drug interactions etc.
Using propolis as antifungal by local application shown that it
reduces the incidence of dry socket and denture stomatitis that
associated with the Candida. In present study, the propolis has
been used in the following manner. It is applied to the tissue
surfaces of dentures, two times daily for two weeks. Propolis putty
can also applied to dry socket cases after complete debridement
and irrigation of it. The results showed after use propolis that the
signs and symptoms including pain, redness and inflammation
areas related stomatitis were gradually disappear, after 2 to 14
days the denture stomatitis is healing by using a propolis paste.
Propolis putty has an effect on the fungal infection of dry socket
that gradually reduced pain and inflammation until complete
healing. Aim of the study, after the treatment of patients with
denture stomatitis, they were subjected to examination and
evaluation of the mucosa and socket, Candidal quantitative
cultures and confirmation the diagnosis by three methods: Germ
tube, Gram Stain, and ChromAgar media. |