Efficacy of Turmeric and Tulsi in Management of Oral Submucous Fibrosis Khabiya Prerana1, Maity Pratik1, Halli Rajshekhar2,*, Pawar Sudhir3, Hebbale Manjula4 1Junior Resident, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College, Pune 2Professor, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College, Pune 3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College, Pune 4Associate Professor, Dept of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College, Pune *Corresponding Author E-mail: drrajshekharh@gmail.com
Online published on 24 January, 2020. Abstract Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic precancerous condition that affects the oral mucosa leading to stiffness and causes trismus and inability to eat. This is a most common condition seen in young adults abusing oral betel nut and tobacco chewing, mostly prevalent in India and Southeast Asia. Variety of treatment modalities, conservative and surgical, have been tried with no definitive successful outcomes. In recent times, many ayurvedic preparations have been advocated along with conventional conservative treatment modalities. The present study evaluated the efficacy of tulsi and curcumin in management of oral submucous fibrosis when used along with conventional oral antioxidant therapy. Top Keywords Submucous Fibrosis, Trismus, Tulsi Curcumin. Top |