The Impotance of Tea in Dentistry

Drinking tea is looked upon as a cultural Iranian custom. Although using tea evokes the image of black tea, depending on the processing style, a variety of teas are derived from the plant tea, each with numerous treatment qualities and different effects on health. For centuries China and other countries have been using various teas to treat diseases. For this reason, this fact has served the purpose of research conducted by a large number of scientists. Tea contains not only a considerable quantity of fluoride but has also proved positive in the treatment of oral diseases. This essay is the result of almost fifty scientific sources about the plant tea, its varieties, the effects of each variety on the oral and dental health and diseases, factors affecting the fluoride content and the rate of fluoride released during infusion of tea. Several studies indicate that different types of tea have different medicinal effects. Over the years in dentistry field, the only notable aspect of tea was its fluoride content but recent studies show some other medical effects of different types of tea in oral cavity. Knowing the fact that the tea of each country and geographical area can have their unique qualities in addition to the processing style and other geographic properties affecting outcome, there is a virgin ground for research in different dentistry fields in Iran.