Comparison of antimicrobial efficacy of green tea extract and Triphala as root canal irrigants against Fusobacterium nucleatum using real-time polymerase chain reaction - An in vitro study

• Main Authors: Keerthana Chandran (Author), Dinesh Sridhar (Author), Bindu Meera John (Author), Srilekha Jayakumar (Author), Karthikeyan Arumugam (Author), Prashanth Ponnusamy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aim: Fusobacterium nucleatum has gained attention in the endodontic literature as it is a predominant microorganism in primary, secondary, and persistent root canal infections. Current irrigants have lot of drawbacks and are unlikely to predictably achieve a bacteria-free root canal system, which ca...