Open AccessEvaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of Aloe vera and its effectiveness in decontaminating gutta percha cones
Author(s) -
Prakash P Athiban,
Bikash Jyoti Borthakur,
Saravanan Ganesan,
B Swathika
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 - 10.4103/0972-0707.97949
Subject(s) - aloe vera , antimicrobial , agar , agar diffusion test , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , traditional medicine , chemistry , biology , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , bacteria , genetics
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of Aloe vera and to determine its effectiveness in decontaminating gutta percha cones.