1Postgraduate Student, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Reader & PhD Scholar, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Professor & Head, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
With the advent of Minimal Invasive Dentistry in trend, chemo-mechanical caries removal technique has been a recent and unprecedented addition to it. Being non-invasive and atraumatic one, It has emerged as an unrivalled replacement of conventional technique that were instilled with an idea of unwanted drilling, extensive cavity preparation with high speed hand pieces resulting in weakened tooth structure. This review delineates the comparative evaluation of clinical efficacy of various chemo mechanical caries removal agents evolved till date.
Chemo mechanical caries removal, GK-101, GK-101E, Carisolv, papain, biosolv
