Evaluation of the antibacterial efficacy of silver nanoparticles against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-290

  Wu, Daming ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Kishen, Anil ^b   Gutmann, James L ^c   Fan, Bing ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; biofilms; Enterococcus faecalis; silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GEL; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTIN; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GEL; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TOOTH ROOT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; SILVER; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SOLUTIONS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 84892988918     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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