EFFECT OF GREEN TEA ON ORAL HEALTH

Tea is one of the most consumed beverages. past two decades, because of benefits on human health, there is a rising interest on green tea. green tea has antifungal, antimicrobial and antioxidant activition and also it reduces, recuding incidence of cardiovascular disease, obesity and oral cancer. polyphenol content of green tea has inhibitory effect againts growth of various patogens such as helicobakter pylori, metisilin resistant staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus mutans, streptococcus sobrinus, salmonella typhi, shigella dysentery, shigella flexneri and vibrio cholera. green tea has also anticariogenic efficiency with inhibiting virulance factors of responsible microorganisms such as s. mutans and s. sobrinus. green tea is also effective agent against periodontal disease and dental erosion. the purpose of this review is to investigate the effects of green tea on oral health.