Antibacterial Effect of Endodontic Disinfections on Enterococcus Faecalis in Dental Root Canals—An In-Vitro Model Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cultivation of Enterococcus Faecalis
2.2. Preparation of the Dental Root Canals
2.3. Inoculation of the Root Canals with E. faecalis
2.4. Microscopic Evaluation of the Infected Root Specimens
2.5. Root Canal Disinfection with Chloramine-T
2.6. Microbial Analysis
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kranz, S.; Guellmar, A.; Braeutigam, F.; Tonndorf-Martini, S.; Heyder, M.; Reise, M.; Sigusch, B. Antibacterial Effect of Endodontic Disinfections on Enterococcus Faecalis in Dental Root Canals—An In-Vitro Model Study. Materials 2021, 14, 2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092427
Kranz S, Guellmar A, Braeutigam F, Tonndorf-Martini S, Heyder M, Reise M, Sigusch B. Antibacterial Effect of Endodontic Disinfections on Enterococcus Faecalis in Dental Root Canals—An In-Vitro Model Study. Materials. 2021; 14(9):2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092427
Chicago/Turabian StyleKranz, Stefan, André Guellmar, Franziska Braeutigam, Silke Tonndorf-Martini, Markus Heyder, Markus Reise, and Bernd Sigusch. 2021. "Antibacterial Effect of Endodontic Disinfections on Enterococcus Faecalis in Dental Root Canals—An In-Vitro Model Study" Materials 14, no. 9: 2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092427