Abstract

SANTANA FERNANDEZ, Kadir Argelio et al. Applications of natural and traditional medicine in stomatological prosthesis emergencies. AMC [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp.288-296. ISSN 1025-0255.

Introduction: nowadays, and contrary to the advances achieved in the creation of new medicaments in the world, the use of natural medicine has more and more users and defenders. Objective: to describe the application of natural and traditional medicine in stomatological prosthesis emergencies. Methods: a bibliographic review of 25 materials in Spanish and English was made in the main medical data bases (SciELO, PubMed, EBSCO, Hinari). Of these documents, 14 were scientific articles and the rest were books published between 1997 and 2013. Development: a bibliographic review about the use of natural and traditional medicine in stomatological prosthesis emergencies was made. With the previous paradigms, it was believed that prosthesis emergencies were only treated by prosthesis specialists; nevertheless, with the emergence of Comprehensive General Stomatology, patients with any of these complaints come during the stomatological shifts and it is important to be prepared to satisfy the patients’ needs and provide a service of excellence knowing the variety of treatments of natural and traditional medicine. Conclusions: natural and traditional medicine has countless applications in Stomatology. It was proved how it can give solution to multiple stomatological prosthesis emergencies.

Keywords : MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; ORAL MEDICINE; THERAPEUTICS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC.

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