Propolis and Reduced Formation of Dental Plaque

• Propolis as a Natural Remedy in Reducing Dental Plaque and Gingival Inflammation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-09-08
  • Review
  • Journal of functional biomaterials 16(9)
  • • Magdalena Sycińska-Dziarnowska
    • Liliana Szyszka-Sommerfeld
    • Monika Bugajska
    • Magdalena Ziąbka
    • Izabela Szućko-Kociuba
    • Gianrico Spagnuolo
    • Krzysztof Woźniak
    • Hyo-Sang Park

  • PubMed: 41003407
  • DOI: 10.3390/jfb16090336

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Formation of Dental Plaque

  • Low evidence

  For PI, the pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) was 1.74 (95% CI: 0.19-3.29; p = 0.036), with low between-study heterogeneity (I2 = 13.7%). Propolis mouthwashes demonstrated large effect sizes, significantly reducing plaque accumulation.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes