Oral health care through traditional herbs, alternative and complementary medicines.

According to the world health organization, health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”. Oral diseases and disorders in and of themselves affect health and well-being throughout life. Oral diseases qualify as major public health problems owing to their high prevalence and incidence in all regions of the world, as for all diseases, the greatest burden of oral diseases is on disadvantaged and socially marginalized populations. In addition to socio-environmental determinants, oral disease is highly related to these lifestyle factors which include diet rich in sugars widespread use of tobacco and increased consumption of alcohol. Diseases and conditions have severe impact in terms of pain and suffering, impairment of function and effect on quality of life. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices and products that are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine. As a long-standing component of the Asian culture, traditional medicine has had a remarkable record. As we stand in the 21st century, we must challenge ourselves to critically examine the ingrained beliefs, habits and old institutions of health care. What has worked shouldbe kept and what has not should be discarded or improved and optimal health care that is effective, safe, accessible and affordable should become the priority.So, dentistry is seekingnovel and effective alternative healing techniques. Hence this paper aims to review historical data and evaluate how people cured oral disease. Through such review and analysis, new horizons in dentistry and other fields of medicine may be reached.