Effect of white-colored mineral trioxide aggregate in different concentrations on Candida albicans in vitro

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 684-686

  Al Hezaimi, Khalid ^a   Al Hamdan, Khalid ^a   Naghshbandi, Jafar ^b   Oglesby, Samuel ^b   Simon, James H S ^b   Rotstein, Ilan ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical seal; Calcium hydroxide; Candida albicans; Mineral trioxide aggregate; Root canal failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144501128     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.don.0000157983.12835.e0     Document Type: Article

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