Open AccessHoney a sweet approach to alveolar osteitis: A study
Author(s) -
Vibha Singh,
US Pal,
Ranjana Singh,
Nikita Soni
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.140166
Subject(s) - medicine , dry socket , osteitis , surgery , dentistry , edema , osteomyelitis , molar
Honey is one of the oldest known medicines. Its use has been rediscovered in later times by the medical profession, especially for dressing wounds. It has been reported from various clinical studies on the usages of honey as a dressing for infected wounds that the wound become sterile in 3-6 days, others have al so reported that the honey is effective in cleaning up infected wound.