title: A study on the polymicrobial etiology of root canal infections in anterior non-vital teeth in a government hospital in Kolkata, India.
abstract: A total of 52 patients having non-vital anterior teeth who attended at the Department of Conservative Dentistry of a Government Dental College of the city of Kolkata, India where studied for isolation of different microflora in the root canals of the non-vital teeth. 41 (78.8%) out of 52 cases studied showed the presence of microorganisms in the root canal of the teeth. A total of 83 different strains were isolated. The anaerobic organisms constituted 30.1% of the total isolates. 51.7% of the root canals showed presence of polymicrobial etiology of the non-vital teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000382:microbiology*