Bromelain and its use in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Abstract

So-called natural medicines, called herbal medicines, are medications that seek to achieve the necessary results of so-called conventional medications, but without the adverse effects resulting from some drug groups. In Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, a line of research that is already consolidated and has significant importance is the control of pain and inflammation resulting from Oral and Maxillofacial surgical procedures. A nutraceutical already described and researched in the literature to replace allopathic anti-inflammatories and their side effects, mainly gastrointestinal and renal side effects, which are highly undesirable, is Bromelain. There is still a need for more studies related to therapeutic doses for different types of surgery and other nutraceuticals.