Data from: A concise review on antimicrobial peptides for prevention and treatment of dental caries

Antimicrobial peptides have become promising candidates for the
development of antimicrobial therapeutics. This paper describes the
collection and analysis of data performed for a published concise review
on the application of antimicrobial peptides for the management of dental
caries. A literature search was performed to locate journal articles
published in the English language up to 2019. The search was performed
through six common databases. The search term was (Antimicrobial peptide
OR AMP OR Cathelicidin OR Defensin OR Histatin OR Statherin) AND (Caries
OR Dental caries). A total of 4,392 journal articles were identified and
956 duplicated articles were removed. Two investigators performed a
screening of titles and abstracts of the articles. They excluded 3,364
articles which were literature reviews or studies were unrelated to
antimicrobial peptides or dental caries. The search finally included 67
articles for analysis. The results of the search show the antibacterial
properties of natural antimicrobial peptides against Streptococcus mutans.
The anti-microbial peptides synthesized by researchers could inhibit
bacteria, especially against Streptococcus mutans. This dataset lists and
summarise the data from published studies regarding to antimicrobial
peptides for management of dental caries. The dataset provides
comprehensive knowledge on antimicrobial peptides as a bactericidal and
remineralising reagent for the management of dental caries.