Epigallocatechin-3-gallate Green Tea (Camelia Sinensis) Phytomedicine for Orthodontic Tooth Relapse Prevention: Narrative Review

• Main Authors: Ira Arundina, -, Nuraini Indrastie, -, Christanto Rici Walujo, -, Monika Nilam Suryani, -, Putri Intan Sitasari, -, Alexander Patera Nugraha, -
• 格式: Article PeerReviewed
• 語言: English; English; Indonesian
• 出版: Teikyo University School of Medicine 2021
• 主題: R Medicine; RK Dentistry
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.unair.ac.id/123661/1/11A.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123661/2/11T.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123661/3/20230413164517.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123661/
• 機構: Universitas Airlangga

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is an active compound that is abundant in green tea (Camellia sinensis). EGCG has potential as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoclastogenesis as well as pro-angiogenic and pro-osteoblastogenesis. Orthodontic tooth relapse (OTR) may occur due to suboptima...