Antimicrobial efficacy of a high-power diode laser, photo-activated disinfection, conventional and sonic activated irrigation during root canal treatment

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-347

  Bago, I ^a   Plecko V ^b   Gabric Panduric D ^a   Schauperl, Z ^c   Baraba, A ^a   Anic I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Enterococcus faecalis; Laser; Root canal; Sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874796440     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2012.02120.x     Document Type: Article

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