Commercial topical medications for oral conditions are scarce and the vehicles used are not very suitable. Therefore, formulations containing active ingredients in vehicles specially designed for oral application must often… Click to show full abstract
Commercial topical medications for oral conditions are scarce and the vehicles used are not very suitable. Therefore, formulations containing active ingredients in vehicles specially designed for oral application must often be prepared. Drug compounding offers other advantages, including the possibility of combining several active ingredients in a single vehicle and prescribing drugs that are in short supply. In this article, we describe the main pharmaceutical formulations used to treat the most common diseases of the oral mucosa.
               
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