Chemical constituent and antimicrobial effect of essential oil from Myrtus communis leaves on microorganisms involved in persistent endodontic infection compared to two common endodontic irrigants: An in vitro study

Journal of Conservative Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 449-453

  Nabavizadeh, Mohammadreza ^a   Abbaszadegan, Abbas ^a   Gholami, Ahmad ^b,c   Sheikhiani, Reza ^a   Shokouhi, Mehdi ^a   Shams, Mahdi Sedigh ^a   Ghasemi, Younes ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; chlorhexidin; Myrtus communis; root canal irrigant; sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907016103     PISSN: 09720707     EISSN: 09745203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-0707.139836     Document Type: Article

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