Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2010 Oct;13(4):256-64.
doi: 10.4103/0972-0707.73378.

Root canal irrigants

Deivanayagam Kandaswamy  1 , Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu
Affiliations

Root canal irrigants

Deivanayagam Kandaswamy et al. J Conserv Dent. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

Successful root canal therapy relies on the combination of proper instrumentation, irrigation, and obturation of the root canal. Of these three essential steps of root canal therapy, irrigation of the root canal is the most important determinant in the healing of the periapical tissues. The primary endodontic treatment goal must thus be to optimize root canal disinfection and to prevent reinfection. In this review of the literature, various irrigants and the interactions between irrigants are discussed. We performed a Medline search for English-language papers published untill July 2010. The keywords used were 'root canal irrigants' and 'endodontic irrigants.' The reference lists of each article were manually checked for additional articles of relevance.

Keywords: CHX; E faecalis; EDTA; MTAD; NaOCl; Root canal irrigants; endodotic irrigants.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Scheme 1
Scheme 1
Saponification reaction
Scheme 2
Scheme 2
Amino acid neutralization reaction
Scheme 3
Scheme 3
Chloramination reaction
Figure 1
Figure 1
Mechanism of action of CHX.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Kakehashi S, Stanley HR, Fitzgerald RJ. The effects of surgical exposures of dental pulps in germ-free and conventional laboratory rats. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1965;20:340–9. - PubMed
    1. Baumgartner JC, Falkler WA. Bacteria in the apical 5 mm of infected root canals. J Endod. 1991;17:380–3. - PubMed
    1. Sjogren U, Figdor D, Persson S, Sundqvist G. Influence of infection at the time of root filling on the outcome of endodontic treatment of teeth with apical periodontitis. Int Endod J. 1997;30:297–306. - PubMed
    1. Baker NA, Eleazer PD, Averbach RE, Seltzer S. Scanning electron microscopic study of the efficacy of various irrigation solutions. J Endod. 1975;4:127–35. - PubMed
    1. Zehnder M. Root Canal Irrigants. J Endod. 2006;32:389–98. - PubMed