Antimicrobial effects of essential oils in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-225

  Filoche, S K ^a   Soma, K ^a   Sissons, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chlorohexidine; Essential oils; Lactobacilli; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LISTERINE; MENTHOL; TEA TREE OIL; THYMOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CINNAMON; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG POTENCY; EUCALYPTUS; GRAPEFRUIT; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM MORRISONII; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTHWASHES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SALICYLATES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TERPENES;

EID: 20944452116     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2005.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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