title: [Traditional practices and exploitation of medicinal plants in odontostomatology in Ivory Coast].
abstract: Traditional medicine of which is a part traditional odontology occupies an important place within the African societies. It often constitutes the first appeal (80 % of the population) because of the high cost of the care, the incapacity of the human and material resources but also the faiths of the populations. This reality makes valuation of the traditional odontology a necessity. This study comes within this framework. It's a contribution for a better knowledge of practices and plants used in traditional odontology in Ivory Coast. So, after a presentation of some traditional knowledge's and their fields of application, the authors review studies made on the efficiency of plants in the prevention of tooth decay and the treatment of some oral diseases. The objective of these researches is to elaborate effective and financially affordable traditional improved drugs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire santé publique - UFR odontostomatologie, Abidjan, Cocody.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sangare
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samba
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guinan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bakayoko-Ly
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055808:Drug Discovery; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy