Role of Noni (Morinda Citrifolia) in Dentistry

Abstract

For many centuries herbal products were used in Indian traditional medicine for treating a variety of ailments. One such herb was Noni, which was favoured by many physicians because of its excellent healing properties. In this time and age many native medicine has been long forgotten because of modernisation in western medicine and lack of knowledge in traditional medicine. For the last few decades many physicians and modern day researchers have extended their knowledge and researches among these century old healing methods because of their increased medicinal importance with lesser known side effects, economical highly effective to achieve a healthy state. Even though Noni has been commonly used as a health drink supplement and various parts of the plants were used in day to day life, its definite role in dentistry remains unknown. This review explains about the various methods in which Noni has been used in dentistry to treat oral infections.