Ayurvedic Dentistry

¿Ayurvedä is derived from two words ¿Ayu¿ meaning life and ¿Vedä meaning knowledge. Therefore it means science that imparts all the knowledge of life.Dentistry is known as Danta ¿ Shastra in Aryuveda. ¿Dantä meaning teeth and ¿shasträ meaning science. Therefore, Danta-shastra means science of teeth. The origin of universe as well as the science is crediated to Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma taught Aryuveda to Daksha-Prajapati who further taught others. Nima learned Ayurved from Lord Indra and specialized in surgery of mouth, throat, nose, ears and eyes i.e. Shalakyatantra.It is deemed necessary to find a cost effective alternative agent to commercial oral hygiene aids which will have qualitative excellence & quantitative economy. This book will provide an insight on the use of indigenous oral hygiene aids, the mechanism of these plant products. These indigenous extract if scientifically tested & proved to be effective can serve as an alternative to costly commercial oral hygiene aids.