Background: The dental community has started to use natural plant properties to relieve dental pain. Besides their significant serious side effect, Herb’s ingredients should be chosen wisely. However, many studies are conducted to find out the herb’s information due to the lack of randomized controlled clinical trials. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and the knowledge of the effect of using herbal medicine for dental pain among Saudi population. Methodology: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in Saudi Arabia between September 2020 and October 2021. based on a structured questionnaire among Saudi populations. Structured self-administrated questionnaires in English and Arabic languages were used as a study tool. Authors collected the information using social media channels through google forms. SPSS 26 was used for data entry and data analysis. Results: The study included 4213 participants. 25% of study sample were males and 75% were females. 51.6% aged between 20- 30 years old. 61.8% of all participants use herbs to relieve toothache (82% of them use clove or clove oil and 36% use thyme). Think herbs are safe and free from side effects in treating toothache. 8% noticed side effects or damage while using herbs to relieve dental pain (27% of them swelling, 21% sharp stomach pain, 21% hypersensitive and 17% bleeding). Conclusion: The Saudi population show relatively good knowledge level and practice towards herbs use in dentistry. The use of herbs to relieve toothache was significantly associated with female gender, age, residence area in western region and average monthly income.
Background: Young children commonly suffer from traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), crown fractures; root fractures and luxation injuries are popular types of TDIs. In immature permanent teeth injury, protecting the pulp is extremely valuable as it could keep the root development and apex formation growing. This research objective to assess the knowledge and awareness level among parents' management towards traumatized immature permanent incisors for children in KSA. Methodology: This was an observational study carried out in KSA. Based on a self-administrated questionnaire among Saudi populations was used as a study tool. The authors will collect the information using social media channels through Google forms. The sample dimensions were estimated that a minimum sample size of 384 using the Qualtrics calculator with a confidence level of 95%. Results: The survey involved 790 responders, with 75.6% being female and 24.4% being male. 35.8% of participants were between the ages of 31 and 40. Following dental trauma, 81% of participants would visit a dental clinic, 9.6% would visit a hospital emergency department and 2.2% would visit a primary care physician. 42.9% of study participants had a low level of awareness of emergent dental-trauma management, 46.7% had a moderate level of knowledge and 10.4% had a high level of awareness. Conclusion:According to the current research, the general Saudi-public has a low degree of knowledge and awareness of the emergent management of dental trauma. A significant association between knowledge score and educational level, residence region and occupation were found.
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