Title

Microbiological effect of different intracanal medicaments

Authors

Aiswarya Ajith¹, Rajan Dhawan^1,*, Shivani Dhawan², Jayata Dhawan³, Dikshant Tayal¹ & Ena Sharma⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India; ²Department of Periodontology, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India; ³Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Aiswarya Ajith - E-mail - aiswaryaajith259@gmail.com; Phone - +91 8714411887

Rajan Dhawan - E-mail - endorajan@mmumullana.org; Phone - +91 9541155555

Shivani Dhawan - E-mail - shivani.dhawan@mmumullana.org; Phone - +91 7206310000

Jayata Dhawan - E-mail - jayata.dhawan@mmumullana.org; Phone - +91 9068261143

Tayal Dikshant - E-mail - dikshant9760@gmail.com; Phone - +91 9996889531

Ena Sharma - E-mail - dr.sharma_ena@yahoo.co.in; Phone - +91 8284855768

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2024; Revised August 31, 2024; Accepted August 31, 2024, Published August 31, 2024

The effect of Triple antibiotic paste (TAP), Modified triple antibiotic paste (MTAP) and its combination with Himalayan pink rock salt (HPRS) against Enterococcus faecalis is of interest to dentists. Intracanal medicaments were placed on specimens infected with EF and incubated. Antibacterial efficacy was evaluated by colony forming unit method on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th day. MTAP + HPRS showed the best results against E. faecalis on days 1 and 3 which were statistically significant. All subgroups showed zero colonies on day 7. HPRS combined with TAP/MTAP showed more antibacterial activity than TAP/MTP used without HPRS as intracanal medicament due to its synergistic effect. Hence, a modified triple antibiotic mixed with Himalayan pink rock salt can be used as a potential intracanal medicament with 2% Chlorhexidine.

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Citation

Ajith et al. Bioinformation 20(8): 893-897 (2024)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.