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A laboratory study of the effect of calcium hydroxide mixed with iodine or electrophoretically activated copper on bacterial viability in dentinal tubules
Author(s) -
Fuss Z.,
Mizrahi A.,
Lin S.,
Cherniak O.,
Weiss E. I.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.988
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1365-2591
pISSN - 0143-2885
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2002.00517.x
Subject(s) - dentinal tubule , enterococcus faecalis , calcium hydroxide , root canal , smear layer , iodine , copper , dentistry , agar plate , chemistry , bacteria , dentin , materials science , nuclear chemistry , medicine , biology , staphylococcus aureus , organic chemistry , genetics
The aim of this laboratory study was to evaluate the ability of calcium hydroxide (CH), CH/iodine-potassium iodide (IKI) and electrophoretically activated copper to kill bacteria in dentinal tubules.