Jacobsen P L, Cohan R P
UOP School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
J Calif Dent Assoc. 1998 Mar;26(3):191-8.
Alternative, complementary or holistic health care is a growing area of medicine and dentistry. There are a variety of dental products promoted as an "alternative" to the standard commercial dental products that most dentists recommend and most patients use. These alternative products can be categorized as standard dental products made with natural ingredients, herbal products, homeopathic products, and synthetic alternative products. The use of dental care products should be based upon sound basic science and sufficient evidence of safety and efficacy. Dental health care providers should be aware of the range of alternative dental products and be able to help their patients understand the type of support/evidence needed to determine safety and efficacy of treatment.
替代、补充或整体医疗保健是医学和牙科学中一个不断发展的领域。有各种各样的牙科产品被宣传为大多数牙医推荐且大多数患者使用的标准商业牙科产品的“替代品”。这些替代产品可分为用天然成分制成的标准牙科产品、草药产品、顺势疗法产品和合成替代产品。牙科护理产品的使用应基于可靠的基础科学以及充分的安全性和有效性证据。牙科保健提供者应了解替代牙科产品的范围，并能够帮助他们的患者理解确定治疗安全性和有效性所需的支持/证据类型。
