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Title

Antibacterial effect of various herbal root canal irrigants

 

Authors

N. Vathsala1, Saikiran Bahadur2,*, Aseem Sharma3, Nisha Gupta4 & Reshma Rajan5

 

Affiliation

1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, The Oxford Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 2Private Practitioner, Suffield, Connecticut, USA; 3Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences (HIDS), Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India; 4Departments of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Delhi, India; 5Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre, Kerala, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

N Vathsala - E - mail: vathsalanara@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7091130407
Saikiran Bahadur - E - mail: kiranmds@umich.edu; Phone: +14 176193131
Aseem Sharma - E - mail: aseemsharma52@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7006195821
Nisha Gupta - E - mail: drnisha23@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7771945566
Reshma Rajan - E - mail: reshmarajans@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9744647200

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

Received February 1, 2025; Revised February 28, 2025; Accepted February 28, 2025, Published February 28, 2025

 

Abstract

Root canal irrigation is crucial in endodontics. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of various herbal root canal irrigants (Triphala, Neem (Azadirachta indica, green tea and Curcuma longa (Turmeric)) against Enterococcus faecalis. Antimicrobial efficacy of the herbal irrigants and sodium hypochlorite was done using abrain-heart infusion method. The tested herbal irrigants had antibacterial efficacy against E faecalis. Hence, these herbal irrigants are alternative to sodium hypochlorite.

 

Keywords

Antibacterial, herbal, irrigants, root canal

 

Citation

Vathsala et al. Bioinformation 21(2): 165-168 (2025)

 

Edited by

P Babaji

 

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.