title: Odontonutraceuticals: Pleiotropic Phytotherapeutic Agents for Oral Health.
abstract: This brief commentary aims to focus on the urgency of further clinical research on phytotherapy in dentistry, and, noteworthy, to propose, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the term "odontonutraceuticals" to identify those phytochemicals relevant for the prevention and the treatment of oral diseases. A valuable impact is expected on nutritional, dental and biomedical sciences, suggesting the use of the suffix "odonto-" to define a specific field of nutraceutical research.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche ed Odontoiatriche, UniversitàdegliStudi di Milano, Milan 20142, Italy. elena.varoni@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Elena Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Varoni
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di ScienzeAgrarie e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy. marcello.iriti@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iriti
keywords: drug delivery; food sciences; herbal medicine; multi-targeted activity; nutrition; phytochemicals; transmucosal absorption