Open AccessEfficacy of various solutions in preventing orange-brown precipitate formed during alternate use of sodium hypochlorite and chlorhexidine: An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Naveen Chhabra,
Satish Gangaramani,
Kiran P Singbal,
K. C. Desai,
Kritika Gupta
Publication year - 2018
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/jcd.jcd_72_18
Subject(s) - sodium hypochlorite , sodium thiosulfate , chlorhexidine , dentistry , chemistry , chlorhexidine gluconate , nuclear chemistry , medicine , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
The study evaluated the effectiveness of three intermediate endodontic irrigating solutions in eliminating the residual sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), thus preventing the formation of the orange-brown precipitate when 2% chlorhexidine (CHX) is used as the final irrigant.