Effectiveness of 2% chlorhexidine gel and calcium hydroxide against Enterococcus faecalis in bovine root dentine in vitro.

BP, Gomes; SF, Souza; CC, Ferraz; FB, Teixeira; AA, Zaia; L, Valdrighi; FJ, Souza-Filho

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2591.2003.00634.x

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Effectiveness of 2% chlorhexidine gel and calcium hydroxide against Enterococcus faecalis in bovine root dentine in vitro.

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Gomes BP

Souza SF

Ferraz CC

Abstract

<h4>Aim</h4>To evaluate the effectiveness of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate gel and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) as intracanal medicaments against Enterococcus faecalis.<h4>Methodology</h4>One hundred and eighty dentine tubes prepared from intact freshly extracted bovine maxillary central incisors were i...

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