Unlocking Nature’s Power: Moringa Oleifera And Dental Tissues

The awareness towards the use of nature increased the holistic medical practices in different therapies including the oral healthcare profession. Nowadays, “herbal” medicine is growing very fast1. Moringa oleifera (MO) is considered a leafy green legumes that is rich in many beneficial elements such as β-carotene, vitamin C2, many minerals such as Calcium which is more than what is present in milk (2185 mg/100 g in dry leaves), Phosphorus (252 mg/100 g in dry leaves), Potassium (1236 mg/100 g in dry leaves)3 and plant-based oxalates as a natural compound (oxalic acid)4 which are essential for medicinal use. They also have more protein than eggs, more iron than spinach, more vitamin A than carrots, carotenoids, flavonoids, and phenols3,5. The analysis of Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) extract revealed that it contains 15 kinds of amino acids such as phenylalanine and tryptophan and non-essential amino acids including histidine, proline, glycine, arginine, serine, cysteine and aspartic acid. Moringa leaves contains vitamin B complex, Copper, Potassium, Zinc, Silica, Magnesium, Manganese and Omega 3. It could be possible that the availability of all the previous elements promotes the different remineralization processes in human hard tissues.