ABSTRACT
Natural products have been used for several years in folk medicine. Among the natural medicated products, honey has an effective antibacterial potential to reduce oral pathogens and holds promise for the treatment of periodontal diseases, mouth ulcers, and other diseases of the oral cavity. As people are realizing that modern medicine is not the only remedy for infections today, so many of us are looking for the alternative approaches with least possible side effects. The purpose of this cross sectional study was to determine the effects of natural honey on healing of recurrent oral minor apthous ulcers. A total of 20 subjects, with minor oral ulcers [2-5 mm in size] visiting the oral diagnostic clinic of Dental Section, Sandeman provincial hospital, Quetta, for treatment of their painful ulcers were selected for this study, by either application of natural honey dressing or triamcinolone acetonide 0.5% in orabase. The ulcerations almost completely disappeared after three days treatment by natural honey dressing as compared to triamcinolone acetonide 0.5% in orabase. It was concluded that natural honey has an obvious influence on the rate of healing process of oral minor apthous ulcers