The oral cavity is the habitat of several hundreds of microbial taxa that have evolved to
coexist in multispecies communities in this unique ecosystem. By contrast, the internal tissue …

Introduction A major challenge in root canal treatment is the inability of the current cleaning
and shaping procedures to eliminate bacterial biofilms surviving within the anatomic …

Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of silver
nanoparticles (AgNPs) as an irrigant or medicament against Enterococcus faecalis biofilms …

Aim To evaluate the antimicrobial action of an irrigant containing silver nanoparticles in an
aqueous vehicle (AgNp), sodium hypochlorite and chlorhexidine against Enterococcus …

The efficient elimination of microorganisms and their byproducts from infected root canals is
compromised by the limitations in conventional root canal disinfection strategies and …

In recent years, the use and research in nanomaterials have increased considerably. In
dentistry, nanomaterials have been investigated in all their specialties like dental prosthesis …

Nanotechnology has substantially progressed in the past decades, giving rise to numerous
possible applications in different biomedical fields. In particular, the use of nanoparticles in …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Ca (OH) 2 with or without a silver
nanoparticle suspension to eliminate E nterococcus faecalis from root canals. A total of 66 …

Overall perspective of nanotechnology and reinforcement of dental biomaterials by
nanoparticles has been reported in the literature. However, the literature regarding the …

Aim To synthesize and characterize silver nanoparticles (Ag NP s) with different surface
charges in order to evaluate their cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity in the absence and …