1Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Siddhartha Dental College and Hospital, Tumkur-572107
2Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Aecs Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore
3Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Aecs Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore
*Corresponding Author: Email: drzeenie@gmail.com
Online published on 3 February, 2016.
The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare extracts of ginger, garlic, aloe vera, neem, turmeric and sodium hypochlorite as root canal irrigants.
Freshly prepared extracts of ginger, garlic, aloevera, turmeric, neem and 2% sodium hypochlorite were used and compared against Enterococcus faecalis using the agar diffusion test. Agar plates were incubated at 37° C for 24 hours in an incubator. The diameter of bacterial inhibition zones around each well was recorded to the nearest size in mm.
Higher mean zone of inhibition was recorded in Sodium Hypochlorite followed by Garlic Extract, Neem Extract, Ginger Extract and Turmeric Extract respectively. The lowest mean zone of inhibition was found in Aloe Vera Extract.
There was no significant difference between the antimicrobial property of garlic extract and 2% sodium hypochlorite.
Antimicrobial, Herbal extracts, Irrigants
