The effect of an atmospheric pressure, DC nonthermal plasma microjet on tooth Root Canal, dentinal tubules infection and reinfection prevention

Plasma Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-155

  Wang, Ruixue ^a   Zhou, Haixia ^a,b   Sun, Peng ^a   Wu, Haiyan ^a   Pan, Jie ^a,c   Zhu, Weidong ^d   Zhang, Jue ^a   Fang, Jing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

^d Saint Peter's College   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Plasma microjet; Root canal

Indexed keywords

DENTINAL TUBULES; DIRECT CURRENT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN TEETHS; MICRO-JET; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; RE-INFECTION; ROOT CANALS; TOOTH ROOT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACILLI; DISINFECTION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; JETS; PLASMAS;

CANALS;

ARGON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DEVICES; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENDODONTICS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NONTHERMAL PLASMA MICROJET; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA GAS; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84864274195     PISSN: 19475764     EISSN: 19475772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/PlasmaMed.2011003259     Document Type: Article

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