Is chlorhexidine an ideal vehicle for calcium hydroxide? A microbiologic review

Iranian Endodontic Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Mohammadi, Zahed ^a,b   Shalavi, Sousan ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcium hydroxide; Candida albicans; Chlorhexidine; Enterococcus faecalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864765352     PISSN: 17357497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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