Response of the periapical tissue of dogs' teeth to the action of citric acid and EDTA

• Main Authors: Cristina Berthold Sperandio (Author), Luiz Fernando Machado Silveira (Author), Lenita Aver de Araújo (Author), Josué Martos (Author), Ashwin Malshe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the inflammatory response of dog's periapical tissues to 17% trisodium EDTA salt (pH 8.0) and 1% citric acid (pH 2.0). Saline was used as a control. Six adult dogs were used as the biological model of the study. The experimental units comprised 56 roots...