Chlorhexidine: An elixir for periodontics

• Main Authors: Arthiie Thangavelu (Author), Sahaya Stelin Kaspar (Author), Ramesh Periannan Kathirvelu (Author), Bhuvaneshwari Srinivasan (Author), Soundarya Srinivasan (Author), Rajasekar Sundram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chlorhexidine is a cationic bisbiguanide with broad antibacterial activity, and wide spectrum of activity encompassing gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, yeasts, dermatophytes and some lipophilic viruses. Its antibacterial action is due to the disruption of the bacterial cell membrane by the...