CURRENT STATUS OF THE STUDY OF DENTAL FILMS
The aim of this work was to study the current state of research in the field of composition and technology of dental films. It was shown that the dental films are advanced and promising means of drug delivery through the oral mucosa. Use of dental films allows to adjust the release kinetics of the active components, to prolong the therapeutic effect, to combine in a single drug composition that belong to different pharmacotherapeutic and physico-chemical groups. Revealed that to produce dental films using various compounds of polymeric nature of the synthetic, semisynthetic and natural origin, often hydrophilic nature with high mucoadhesiveness: gelatin, collagen, cellulose derivatives, alginic acid, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene, and others. It is found that the range drugs administered in dental film contains mainly antibacterial agents, anti-inflammatory, anesthetic effect, accelerates regeneration of tissues. It is noted that in the dental films comprise pharmaceutical substances both synthetic and natural origin (such as herbal medicines), and in some cases it is appropriate combination thereof.