Use of phytotherapy by stomatologists. Stomatological clinic “Juan Manuel Márquez”, Playa municipality.

Abstract

In Cuba, there is great experience in the use of Natural and Traditional Medicine and the most used technique in Stomatology is Phytotherapy; however, it is not known if stomatologists use this treatment modality. The study characterized the use of Phytotherapy by the stomatologists of a clinic in the municipality of Playa, Havana. Stomatological clinical histories of 200 patients treated with Phytotherapy were analyzed. It was obtained that the most treated conditions with Phytotherapy: chronic gingivitis (35.0%) and odontalgia (28.0%), Integral General Stomatology (EGI), the specialty that most applied it, was used mostly as a fluid extract (30.0% ) and tincture (26.0%) and associated with conventional treatment. Calendula (30.0%) and guava (22.5%) were the most commonly used medicinal plants.