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- Title
Antimicrobial Effectiveness Of Various Drug Combinations Used As Intracanal Medicaments-A Systematic Review.
- Authors
Bhawalkar, Abhilasha; Mulay, Sanjyot; Shetty, Rajesh
- Abstract
Endodontic infections are a result of polymicrobial nature of root canal flora and their complete eradication may not be possible with routine chemico-mechanical method. Hence there is a need for studying combination of antimicromial agents as intracanal medicaments. This systematic review compiles scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of various antimicrobial agents used in combination in patients undergoing root canal treatment. A systematic search of databases including PubMed, EBSCOhost, SCOPUS and Google Scholar was done. The limits used were all full text articles in English dated from 1st January 2009 to 31st October 2019 was made. Following the application of inclusion criteria, 5 articles based on In-vivo studies were selected for detailed analysis. In conclusion it could be stated that intracanal medicament combinations like Calcium hydroxide and Chlorhexidine, TAP, etc. show better efficacy against E. faecalis, Obligate anaerobes, Facultative anaerobes and Candida. albicans.
- Subjects
GOOGLE Scholar (Web resource); DRUG utilization; DRUG efficacy; ROOT canal treatment; CALCIUM hydroxide; DENTAL pulp cavities
- Publication
Pravara Medical Review, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 4, p86
- ISSN
0975-0533
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36848/PMR/2020/12100.50470