Open AccessEffect of addition of lycopene to calcium hydroxide and chlorhexidine as intracanal medicament on fracture resistance of radicular dentin at two different time intervals: An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Koppolu Madhusudhana,
Kasamsetty Archanagupta,
Chinni Suneelkumar,
Lavanya Anumula,
M. V. Deepthi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.157248
Subject(s) - calcium hydroxide , chlorhexidine , dentistry , dentin , lycopene , dentin hypersensitivity , chemistry , materials science , medicine , food science , organic chemistry , carotenoid
Long-term use of intracanal medicaments such as calcium hydroxide (CH) reduces the fracture resistance of dentin. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the fracture resistance of radicular dentin on long-term use of CH, chlorhexidine (CHX) with lycopene (LP).