Virgin Coconut Oil as a New Concept for Periodontal Tissue Regeneration via Expressions of TNF- and TGF-1.

Background: Virgin coconut oil is a natural product from coconut that has many benefits such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. Inflammatory disease of the periodontal tissues has a high prevalence worldwide. The main etiology of periodontitis plaque of biofilm contains colonies of pathogenic microorganisms.