Comparing the Biofilm Removal Capacity of NaOCl, Povidone-Iodine, Chlorhexidine, Curcumin, and Triphala as Endodontic Irrigants.

Background And Aim: A sessile multicellular organism that is immersed in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances and has its cells firmly attached to a surface is referred to as a microbial biofilm. When it comes to pulp and periradicular pathosis, biofilms are crucial. To reduce the number of microorganisms in the root canal and assist in treating periapical pathosis, endodontic therapy must include decontamination of the system of tooth root canals through biomechanical preparation and irrigation of the root canal.

Comparative evaluation of marginal adaptation of mineral trioxide aggregate, Biodentine, and geristore as a root end filling material: An scanning electron microscope study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the quality of marginal adaptation of three root end filling materials by scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Methodology: Thirty extracted human permanent single-rooted single canal maxillary anterior teeth with mature apices were prepared up to 60 K-file and obturated. Teeth were resected 3 mm from the apex using a cross-cut fissure bur at 90° angle to the long axis of the tooth.

Evaluation of remaining dentin thickness following use of three different rotary nickel-titanium retreatment files: A cone-beam computed tomography study.

Aim: The aim of the study is to measure the amount of remaining dentin thickness (RDT) following retreatment using three different rotary nickel-titanium (NiTi) systems.

Methodology: Mesiobuccal roots of 45 extracted maxillary first molars were prepared up to F ProTaper File and obturated. After cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging, to evaluate the obturation, the samples were randomly assigned to three retreatment groups ( = 15).

Christmas disease: diagnosis and management of a haemorrhagic diathesis following dentofacial trauma.

Haemorrhagic diathesis has been of much concern to health professionals including dentists. It is not infrequent that a dentist becomes the first person to diagnose a bleeding disorder while performing dental treatment. Haemophilia is an X linked disorder with a frequency of about 1:10,000 births.