In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of iontophoresis against enterococ-cus faecalis, candida albicans, pseudomonas aeruginosa and bacillus subtilis

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Oyama, Takao ^a   Nakano, Masako H ^a   Arai, Takashi ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^a   Maeda, Nobuko ^a  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Diammine silver fluoride; Enterococcus faecalis; Iontophoresis; Persistent apical periodontitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650369727     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.51.91     Document Type: Article

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