Traditional dentistry knowledge among Serbs in several Balkan countries
Abstract
Background/Aim: There are still unrevealed treasures of traditional dental medicine, that is, the reason to investigate and present various ways in treatment of oral and orofacial tissues, as well as magic and religious elements involved in representative areas among Serbs. Materials and Methods: Information was collected from the elderly non-professional folk dentists and herbalists with the additional help of local physicians and dentists that was done through questionnaire and personal interviews. Results: Classified and prepared material consists of total 1038 inquiry sheets. The 41 data were averagely obtained by inquiry form, i.e. 41,984 information for the whole research. The most voluminous was the group of 64 recipes, including 39 for gums diseases and 25 for toothache, while only seven ones were mentioned for magic way of treatment. Among them, 18 prescriptions were of nonherbal origin. The study revealed 84 herbal original prescriptions, including 67 plant species (29 famili...es) including local name, synonyms, and preparation mode. Traditional healers used predominantly herbal recipes to treat painful tooth, gum disease, blisters - herpetic ulcers/lips and mouth/, stomatitis/painful mouth, ptyalismus/, maxillary sinusitis, bad breath, teeth cleaning and bleaching. Very few methods of treatment appeared as inadequate (magical practice), whereas majority were noted as beneficial ones (herbal medicine). Still many people in distant nonurban areas use various plant recipes, especially as the first aid in oral disease healing. Conclusions: The significance of plants obtained from unpolluted areas, whose active ingredients have not yet been used in dental pharmaceutics, should be further investigated in the future.
Keywords:
Dental ethnopharmacology / ethnomedicine / medicinal plants / phytotherapy / traditional dentistrySource:
Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology, 2017, 6, 2, 223-233Publisher:
- Ejmanager Llc, Wilmington
DOI: 10.5455/jice.20170325055450
ISSN: 2146-8397
PubMed: 28512604
WoS: 000404950000011
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85018251484
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Stomatološki fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Ilić, Dragan AU - Anđelski-Radičević, Biljana AU - Nedelcheva, Anely AU - Đurović, Ivana AU - Ostojić, Dejan PY - 2017 UR - https://smile.stomf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2184 AB - Background/Aim: There are still unrevealed treasures of traditional dental medicine, that is, the reason to investigate and present various ways in treatment of oral and orofacial tissues, as well as magic and religious elements involved in representative areas among Serbs. Materials and Methods: Information was collected from the elderly non-professional folk dentists and herbalists with the additional help of local physicians and dentists that was done through questionnaire and personal interviews. Results: Classified and prepared material consists of total 1038 inquiry sheets. The 41 data were averagely obtained by inquiry form, i.e. 41,984 information for the whole research. The most voluminous was the group of 64 recipes, including 39 for gums diseases and 25 for toothache, while only seven ones were mentioned for magic way of treatment. Among them, 18 prescriptions were of nonherbal origin. The study revealed 84 herbal original prescriptions, including 67 plant species (29 families) including local name, synonyms, and preparation mode. Traditional healers used predominantly herbal recipes to treat painful tooth, gum disease, blisters - herpetic ulcers/lips and mouth/, stomatitis/painful mouth, ptyalismus/, maxillary sinusitis, bad breath, teeth cleaning and bleaching. Very few methods of treatment appeared as inadequate (magical practice), whereas majority were noted as beneficial ones (herbal medicine). Still many people in distant nonurban areas use various plant recipes, especially as the first aid in oral disease healing. Conclusions: The significance of plants obtained from unpolluted areas, whose active ingredients have not yet been used in dental pharmaceutics, should be further investigated in the future. PB - Ejmanager Llc, Wilmington T2 - Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology T1 - Traditional dentistry knowledge among Serbs in several Balkan countries VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 223 EP - 233 DO - 10.5455/jice.20170325055450 ER -
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Ilić, D., Anđelski-Radičević, B., Nedelcheva, A., Đurović, I.,& Ostojić, D.. (2017). Traditional dentistry knowledge among Serbs in several Balkan countries. in Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology Ejmanager Llc, Wilmington., 6(2), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.5455/jice.20170325055450
Ilić D, Anđelski-Radičević B, Nedelcheva A, Đurović I, Ostojić D. Traditional dentistry knowledge among Serbs in several Balkan countries. in Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology. 2017;6(2):223-233. doi:10.5455/jice.20170325055450 .
Ilić, Dragan, Anđelski-Radičević, Biljana, Nedelcheva, Anely, Đurović, Ivana, Ostojić, Dejan, "Traditional dentistry knowledge among Serbs in several Balkan countries" in Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology, 6, no. 2 (2017):223-233, https://doi.org/10.5455/jice.20170325055450 . .