CONCEPT OF DANTA IN AYURVEDA – A REVIEW STUDY

Authors

  • Chaitra S Assistant Professor, Department of Shareera Rachana, JSS Ayurveda Medical College- Mysore
  • Alka Jayavanth Kumar Professor, Department of Shareera Rachana, JSS Ayurveda Medical College- Mysore
  • Shelly Divyadarshan Associate Professor,Department of Shareera Rachana, JSS Ayurveda Medical College- Mysore

Keywords:

Danta, Ayurveda, teeth

Abstract

Danta is considered as an Asthi prakara and categarized under Ruchakasthi prakara and they are thirty two in number. Sandhi present in Danta is told as Ulookalasandhi and its number is taken as thirty two. “Danta ’’ refers to tooth and “Shastra’’ refers to the science. Danta Shastra or dentistry refers to the Science which deals about the teeth. In Āyurveda it is one of the sub specialties of the Shaalakya Tantra, the branch of Āyurveda which deals with the diseases of head and neck. Description regarding Danta is not found properly in any texts, but scattered information is available in various texts.

 

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Published

15-05-2020

How to Cite

Chaitra S, Alka Jayavanth Kumar, & Shelly Divyadarshan. (2020). CONCEPT OF DANTA IN AYURVEDA – A REVIEW STUDY. International Journal of Applied Ayurved Research, 4(7), 802–807. Retrieved from https://ijaar.in/index.php/journal/article/view/791

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 7 (2020): MARCH-APRIL 2020

Section

Review Articles
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