Open AccessAntimicrobial Efficacy of Various Essential Oils at Varying Concentrations against Periopathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
Author(s) -
Veenu Madaan Hans,
Harpreet Singh Grover,
Himanshu Deswal,
Preeti Agarwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18956.8435
Subject(s) - porphyromonas gingivalis , antimicrobial , essential oil , tea tree oil , eucalyptus oil , agar diffusion test , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , chemistry , periodontitis , traditional medicine , agar , food science , biology , bacteria , medicine , dentistry , antibacterial activity , immunology , genetics
Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.gingivalis) is a notorious perio-pathogen with the ability to evade host defense mechanism and invade into the periodontal tissues. Many antimicrobial agents have been tested that curb its growth, although these agents tend to produce side effects such as antibiotic resistance and opportunistic infections. Therefore search for naturally occurring anti-microbials with lesser side effects is the need of the hour.