Efficacy of different instrumentation techniques on reducing Enterococcus faecalis infection in experimentally infected root canals

• Main Authors: Ebru Özsezer Demiryürek (Author), Elif Kalyoncuoğlu (Author), Esra Duran (Author), Ahmet Yılmaz Çoban (Author), Yeliz Tanrıverdi Çaycı (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: Enterococcus faecalis is the bacterium most commonly isolated from infected root canals. This study evaluated the effects of four instrumentation techniques on reducing E. faecalis in curved root canals. Materials and methods: Sixty maxillary first molar teeth were used. After me...