Anti-microbial efficiency of silver diamine fluoride as an endodontic medicament - An ex vivo study

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-264

  Mathew, Vinod B ^a   Madhusudhana, Koppolu ^a   Sivakumar, Nuvulla ^b   Venugopal, Thangala ^a   Reddy, Redderu K ^a  

^a Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics ^*  (India)

^b NARAYANA DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; enterococcus faecalis; root canal medicament; silver diamine fluoride

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979510868     PISSN: 0976237X     EISSN: 09762361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.103615     Document Type: Article

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