The antibacterial effects of calcium hydroxide apexification pastes on Streptococcus sanguis.
Four calcium hydroxide-based apexification pastes were tested for their antibacterial effects on Streptococcus sanguis. Their zones of growth inhibition on blood agar plates were measured at 2, 4, 6, and 8 days. Only the camphorated parachlorophenol and the metacresylacetate pastes showed zones of inhibition. Both of these zones of inhibition decreased with time; however, the zones of inhibition for the parachlorophenol paste decreased at a slower rate.
D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002164:Camphor / Q000494:pharmacology; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D003408:Cresols / Q000494:pharmacology; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000494:pharmacology; D008747:Methylcellulose / Q000494:pharmacology; D009824:Ointments; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D002733:Chlorophenols; D003408:Cresols; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009824:Ointments; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; C015088:cresatin; D002164:Camphor; C029804:camphorated parachlorophenol; D008747:Methylcellulose; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide