Abstract
Aims: The study aims to appraise the clinical efficiency of 2% ethanolic thuja orientalis extract in comparison to the effect of kenalog in orabase in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis RAS. Materials and methods: This clinical research included eighty patients with active lesions, twenty patients were treated with ethanolic thuja extract, twenty patients were treated with kenalog in orabase, twenty patients were treated with orabase as a control positive, and twenty without treatment as a control negative. Results: The results showed a good effective response of topical ethanolic thuja extract compared with the effect of kenalog in orabase in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Conclusion: conclude that herbal medicine can be employed as an alternative RAS therapy.
