Targeted Local Drug Delivery – A Possible Approach in Dentistry

Abstract

Drug delivery is a method of administering a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect
in humans and animals. Conventional therapy is a classical method of achieving drug delivery. Where,
it provides drug release immediately and causes fluctuation of drug level in in blood depending on the
dosage forms compared to conventional, which improves the drug potency, controlled drug release to give a
sustained therapeutic effect, provide greater safety and target a drug specifically to a desired tissue. It mainly
includes targeted, controlled and modulated drug delivery systems. Hence, there is an increased interest
towards the application of targeted therapies in medicine and dentistry and has proven to be successful in
prevention and treatment of various oro-dental disorders.