Nowadays, use of alternative and complementary therapies with mainstream medicine has
gained the momentum. Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies which use …

Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of volatile compounds extracted from different
parts of plants by different methods. There is a large diversity of these natural substances …

Dental caries remains the most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease worldwide.
Several methods have been employed to prevent this biofilm-dependent disease, including …

Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become
increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 …

Oral diseases are major health problems with dental caries and periodontal diseases
among the most important preventable global infectious diseases. Oral health influences the …

Dental caries is the most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease worldwide. Virulent
biofilms firmly attached to tooth surfaces are prime biological factors associated with this …

Plants belonging to Melaleuca genus (Myrtaceae family) are native to Oceania, where they
have been used for ages by Aborigine people in Australian traditional medicine, mainly …

Medicinal plants constitute the base of health care systems in many societies. The recovery
of the knowledge and practices associated with these plant resources are part of an …

Aims: To compare the bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of 13 chemotyped essential oils
(EO) on 65 bacteria with varying sensitivity to antibiotics. Methods and Results: Fifty‐five …

The aim of the present study was to compare antimicrobial effects of essential oils alone and
in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate against planktonic and biofilm cultures of …