Elimination of Entercoccus faecalis with different disinfection methods in root canals in vitro

doi:10.19439/j.sjos.2017.02.002

Abstract

Abstract: PURPOSES: To compare the elimination effect against E.faecalis in root canals with different methods. METHODS: Fifty extracted premolars with single root canal were selected. After cleaning and autoclaving, they were contaminated by E.faecalis and incubated for 28 days as models. Then the models were randomly and equally divided into 5 groups and treated as below: specimens in group A were treated with saline irrigation, specimens in group B were treated with 3% NaClO irrigation (as positive control), specimens in group C were treated with PUI, specimens in group D were treated with diode laser radiation, specimens in group E were treated with combination of PUI and diode laser radiation. The specimens from root canals were collected by paper points. The bacterial suspensions were later serially diluted and plated on tryptic soy agar plates to enumerate the CFUs after 48 hours. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS 8.02 software package. RESULTS: As with all parts of the root canal in aggregate, the CFUs of the specimens treated with PUI, diode laser radiation and the combination of them were significantly lower than the specimens treated with saline irrigation (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference among 3 groups (P>0.05). However, the specimens treated with 3% NaClO irrigation had the best effect of disinfection. The number of CFUs in the specimens treated with 3% NaClO was almost zero. There was no significant difference between this group and others in CFUs(P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Specimens treated with PUI, diode laser radiation and the combination of them showed great effect of elimination against biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis compared with saline irrigation. Irrigation with 3% NaClO was the most efficient method in this experiment.

Key words: Root canal disinfection, Enterococcus faecalis, Sodium hypochlorite, PUI, Diode laser

CLC Number:

R781.3

SUN Chu-wen, ZHU Ya-qin. Elimination of Entercoccus faecalis with different disinfection methods in root canals in vitro [J]. Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, 2017, 26(2): 134-138.

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