The antimicrobial activity of an atmospheric-pressure room-temperature plasma in a simulated root-canal model infected with enterococcus faecalis

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3370-3374

  Zhou, Xincai ^a   Xiong, Zilan ^a   Cao, Yingguang ^a   Lu, Xinpei ^a   Liu, Dexi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Enterococcus faecalis; plasma; root canal

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONTROL GROUPS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; LOG REDUCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGIC SALINES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOT CANALS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES;

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROMETALLURGY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; SODIUM; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

CANALS;

EID: 78650218382     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2078522     Document Type: Article

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