title: Eugenol Toxicity in Human Dental Pulp Fibroblasts of Primary Teeth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to determine the eugenol concentrations at which toxicity occurs in human dental pulp fibroblasts of primary teeth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Samples of primary dental pulp tissue were taken. Tissue samples were seeded by means of explant technique and used in the 4(th)-5th pass. Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (Comet), phenazine MeThoSulfate (MTS), LIVE/DEAD Cell Viability/Toxicity and trypan blue assays for evaluation of the cytotoxicity of increasing concentrations of eugenol (0.06 to 810 μM) were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of toxicity tests showed toxic effects on dental pulp fibroblasts, even at very low concentrations of eugenol (0.06 μM). Very low concentrations of eugenol produce high toxicity in human dental pulp fibroblasts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All of the concentrations of eugenol that we evaluated produced high toxicity in human dental pulp fibroblasts of primary teeth.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Escobar-García
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Contreras
authors.forename: Socorro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pierdant-Pérez
authors.forename: Bernardino
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cerda-Cristerna
authors.forename: Amaury
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pozos-Guillén
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D005054:Eugenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005054:Eugenol
keywords: Toxicity; eugenol; fibroblasts