Title: In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy of Root Canal Lubricant and Sodium Hypochlorite
Abstract: Objective: To compare the antimicrobial effect of a new root canal lubricant with sodium hypochlorite(NaOCl) to disinfecte human root canals that had been contaminated with Enterococcus faecalis.Methods: One hundred and forty-five root canals of extracted human teeth were cleaned and autoclaved,Five autoclaved samples were transferred to sterile broth to serve as negative controls.Enterococcus faecalis was used to contaminate the root canals of the rest of the samples for 4 weeks.After biomechanical instrumentation,The root canal was lubricated with 0.5%,2.5%,5.25%NaOCl.The bacteria samples were collected with sterile paper points before and after the instrumentation. Results: Statistical analysis of the data using Kruskal-Wallis H test and Nemeny test showed that the combination of the root canal lubricant and 5.25% NaOCl was significantly more effective against Enterococcus faecalis than the other regimens.Conclusion: The combination of the root canal lubricant and 5.25% NaOCl was significantly more effective against Enterococcus faecalis than the other regimens,and as effective as the combination of GlydeTM File Prep and 5.25% NaOCl.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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