Proportion of Healed Teeth With Apical Periodontitis Medicated With Two Percent Chlorhexidine Gluconate Liquid: A Case-Series Study

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1182-1185

  Tervit, Craig ^a   Paquette, Lisane ^a   Torneck, Calvin D ^a   Basrani, Bettina ^a   Friedman, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical periodontitis; chlorhexidene; healing; long term follow up

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249209652     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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