Seven Cases in which Hainosankyuto was Effective for Surgical Dental Treatment

Abstract

We administered hainosankyuto to seven patients before the operation to prevent surgical site infection in surgical dental treatment, including surgical periodontal therapy, surgical endodontics and tooth extraction. They had previously suffered from side effects of antibiotics. Surgical dental treatment was performed under local anesthesia. No surgical site infection occurred after the operation. The patient’s clinical parameters are currently stable. No recurrence for a year after the inflammatory symptoms disappeared was defined as short-term cure. There have been few clinical reports on surgical dental treatment with Kampo medicine alone, such as hainosankyuto, without using antibacterial drugs. These results suggested that surgical dental treatment using hainosankyuto could be one of the effective treatments where antibiotics cannot be used.