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Oral Mucosal Ulceration Caused by the Topical Application of a Concentrated Propolis Extract

Propolis is a resinous mixture that is collected by honey bees from tree buds, sap flow, and other botanical sources. Propolis has been extensively used in medicine, dentistry, and cosmetics; however, unwanted effects have been reported. This paper reports a case of oral mucosal burn in a 50-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Wimardhani, Yuniardini Septorini, Soegyanto, Anandina Irmagita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/307646
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description Propolis is a resinous mixture that is collected by honey bees from tree buds, sap flow, and other botanical sources. Propolis has been extensively used in medicine, dentistry, and cosmetics; however, unwanted effects have been reported. This paper reports a case of oral mucosal burn in a 50-year-old patient, who used an overnight application of concentrated propolis to overcome a throbbing pain in the right upper posterior mucosa. The patient was otherwise healthy and was not receiving any medication. She presented with painful shallow multiple irregular ulcers measuring 0.3–1 cm in diameter that were located on the right buccal mucosa and hard palate mucosa, in addition to the gingival mucosa surrounding tooth 17. Propolis-induced oral mucosal burn was diagnosed. The ulcer cleared after the prescription of tetracycline mouthwash, accompanied with Doloneurobion. The patient was further treated with carbamazepine to address the persistent throbbing pain in the affected area, which was suspected to be trigeminal neuralgia. This report provides another alert to clinicians about the potential adverse effects of propolis use for the treatment of oral diseases, despite its natural origin.
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spelling pubmed-41749692014-09-30 Oral Mucosal Ulceration Caused by the Topical Application of a Concentrated Propolis Extract Wimardhani, Yuniardini Septorini Soegyanto, Anandina Irmagita Case Rep Dent Case Report Propolis is a resinous mixture that is collected by honey bees from tree buds, sap flow, and other botanical sources. Propolis has been extensively used in medicine, dentistry, and cosmetics; however, unwanted effects have been reported. This paper reports a case of oral mucosal burn in a 50-year-old patient, who used an overnight application of concentrated propolis to overcome a throbbing pain in the right upper posterior mucosa. The patient was otherwise healthy and was not receiving any medication. She presented with painful shallow multiple irregular ulcers measuring 0.3–1 cm in diameter that were located on the right buccal mucosa and hard palate mucosa, in addition to the gingival mucosa surrounding tooth 17. Propolis-induced oral mucosal burn was diagnosed. The ulcer cleared after the prescription of tetracycline mouthwash, accompanied with Doloneurobion. The patient was further treated with carbamazepine to address the persistent throbbing pain in the affected area, which was suspected to be trigeminal neuralgia. This report provides another alert to clinicians about the potential adverse effects of propolis use for the treatment of oral diseases, despite its natural origin. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4174969/ /pubmed/25276439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/307646 Text en Copyright © 2014 Y. S. Wimardhani and A. I. Soegyanto. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral Mucosal Ulceration Caused by the Topical Application of a Concentrated Propolis Extract
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title_short Oral Mucosal Ulceration Caused by the Topical Application of a Concentrated Propolis Extract
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/307646
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