Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Herbal Alternatives and Ozone in Root Canal Disinfection

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Aktaş N., Öztaş Kırmızı N., Özçelik B., Oyardı Ö.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.70-73, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

The aim of this study was to evaluation of antimicrobial efcacy of gaseous ozone, herbal alternatives and ozone against E.faecalis biolm in root canal disinfection. Extracted mandibular premolar teeth (n=119) were infected with E.faecalis to form a biolm. At the end of the 3rd and 6th weeks, all groups were treated with the disinfecting agents (morinda citrifolia, triphala, gaseous ozone, morinda citrifolia + gaseous ozone, triphala + gaseous ozone, sodium hypochlorite and saline) and were analyzed using colony forming unit (CFU) counting and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) analysis, Data was analyzed Student's t test, One-Way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey HSD test. All the disinfecting agents killed signicantly more bacteria than the saline. Sodium hypochlorite showed maximum antibacterial activity against both the 3-week-old and 6-week-old biolm. The use of gaseous ozone alone and combined with herbal agents be alternative as a root canal irrigant.