Synergistic effect of microbubble emulsion and sonic or ultrasonic agitation on endodontic biofilm in vitro

• Main Authors: Halford, Andrew, Ohl, Claus-Dieter, Azarpazhooh, Amir, Basrani, Bettina, Friedman, Shimon, Kishen, Anil
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96129; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18034
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Irrigation dynamics and antibacterial activity determine the efficacy of root canal disinfection. Sonic or ultrasonic agitation of irrigants is expected to improve irrigation dynamics. This study examined the effects of microbubble emulsion (ME) combined with sonic or ultrasonic agitat...