Sanoon: A specialized dosage form for dental diseases in traditional Persian medicine

Abstract

Oral diseases such as tooth loss, periodontal disease, dental caries, oral mucosal lesions and oropharyngeal cancers are chief communal health troubles in the worldwide. Dental caries, as a type of dental diseases, affects 60-90% of school-aged children and the common of adults in the majority industrialized countries. Sanoon is a pharmaceutical dosage form designed for treatment of oral cavity diseasesin the traditional Persian medicine that contains all kinds of mono component or multi component dosage forms with the ability of gum tonic that is finely powdered and used by sprinkling or rubbing it to the gum and dental surfaces. The purpose of the present study is to discuss about different formulation of sanoon dosage form in traditional medicine and find confirmation of their effectiveness in the treatment of dental.