Open AccessComparative evaluation of apical extrusion of bacteria using hand and rotary systems : An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Sheetal Ghivari,
Girish Kubasad,
Preethi Deshpande
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0972-0707.92603
Subject(s) - bacteria , agar plate , enterococcus faecalis , instrumentation (computer programming) , colony forming unit , root canal , agar , extrusion , biology , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , dentistry , medicine , composite material , computer science , genetics , staphylococcus aureus , operating system
To evaluate the bacteria extruded apically during root canal preparation using two hand and rotary instrumentation techniques.