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DENTISTRY JOURNAL
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/dj11080187
Keywords
ozone; clinical applications; medicine; dentistry
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Ozone has been used in medicine for over 100 years due to its microbiological qualities, but concerns about its use in dentistry still exist. This study aimed to summarize the current uses of ozone in medicine and dentistry by reviewing scientific papers published between 2012 and 2023. Seventy articles describing the use of ozone therapy in medicine and dentistry were included. While ozone has shown beneficial effects in the medical field, its clinical use in dentistry has not yet been proven highly effective.
Ozone has been successfully used in medicine for over 100 years due to its microbiological qualities. Its powerful oxidation impact, which results in the production of free radicals, and its ability to cause the direct death of nearly all microorganisms is the basis for its bactericide, virucide, and fungicide properties. Ozone also has a medicinal impact that speeds up blood flow and aids wound healing. Ozone may be applied as a gas or dissolved in water for medical purposes. Despite the benefits of using ozone therapeutically, concerns about its use in dentistry still exist. We aimed to provide a summary of the current uses of ozone in medicine and dentistry. An electronic search was performed for all English scientific papers published between 2012 and 2023 using PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar search engines. Ozone, clinical applications, medicine, and dentistry were the search terms used. Seventy full-text articles describing the use of ozone therapy in medicine and dentistry were included in the present review. Ozone has shown several beneficial effects in the medical field. However, despite the encouraging in vitro evidence, the clinical use of ozone in dentistry has not yet been demonstrated as highly effective.
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