Indiran Pather

TL;DR: It is envisaged that in the future, buccal and sublingual delivery technologies will provide a platform for the successful delivery of vaccines and antigens, and it is foreseen that physical means of enhancing drug uptake will be commercialized for buCCal delivery, thereby expanding the current drug candidate list for this area.

TL;DR: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the current issues facing scientists working on delivering drugs locally and systemically via the membranes that line the mouth, and provides insights into the in vitro and in vivo methods available to assess drug permeability and retention.

TL;DR: This chapter explores the reasons for developing oral mucosal drug delivery systems, and identifies the key considerations in their design and development.

TL;DR: This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the current in vitro and in vivo methodologies employed in the literature for evaluating oral transmucosal absorption of compounds and focuses on the use of buccal cell cultures as a means to study oral mucosal drug absorption.

TL;DR: The potential of the oral cavity as a site for the systemic delivery of drugs alongside some of the problems and their solutions are described and successful clinical applications are described.