Development of Efficacious and Less Toxic Endodontic Irrigants from Biosurfactants of Bacterial Origin - A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Study.

Aim: The study compared the penetration depth and area of and biosurfactants inside the dentinal tubules against sodium hypochlorite at three levels (coronal, middle, and apical) under a confocal laser scanning microscope.

Materials And Methodology: Three experimental groups and one control were created using freshly extracted thirty-five maxillary central incisors; Group 1: biosurfactant; Group 2: biosurfactants; Group 3: sodium hypochlorite; and Group 4: distilled water. The experimental data were statistically analyzed by two-way analysis of variance, duly coupled with Tukey's test to draw concrete conclusions between paired comparisons, and < 0.

Development of a High Penetration Safe Irrigant from .

Background: Herbal medicine is regaining a strong position in health care by virtue of better safety and minimal toxicity as compared to conventional chemotherapies. It is making a place in dental care in the form of various toothpastes, lotions, and mouthwashes. It has been analyzed that very few discrete herbal irrigants have an action comparable to that of sodium hypochlorite.

Computer-based production of bite mark comparison overlays.

Bite mark comparison protocols include measurement and analysis of the pattern, size, and shape of teeth against similar characteristics observed in an injury on skin or a mark on an object. The physical comparison of tooth position often depends upon transparent acetate overlays to detect similarities or differences between the teeth and the bite mark. Several methods are used to produce life-sized comparison overlays.