BACKGROUND: Root canal disinfection is one of the most important step of Root canal treatment which also determines the success of this treatment. Till date many chemical, herbal agents have come up which claim to provide disinfection. So this study has been conducted in order to assess the efficacy of different agents and when they are combined, what effect they provide on the disinfection process.
AIM: To assess the effectiveness of different ways of root canal disinfection.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: 60 patients were selected and divided them into 3 groups who were clinically or/and radiographically diagnosed cases of acute irreversible pulpitis. Percentage of bacterial growth reduction was assessed in blood agar. Percentage of bacterial reduction was analyzed with the Mann Whitney U test table.
RESULT: The result showed that there is significant reduction of bacterial count in the group C, sodium hypochlorite along with laser combination than group B and group A.
CONCLUSION: The study showed that sodium hypochlorite and diode laser had antimicrobial effect. However, combined effect of diode laser with NaOCl found to be more significant in bacterial colony count reduction.
Keywords: Diode LASER, Disinfection, Root Canal, Sodium Hypochlorite
How to cite this article: Sharma R, Nadar A, Anwar N, Gupta M, Khan M, Zaki M, Comparative Evaluation Of Different Root Canal Disinfection Techniques - An In Vivo Study. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(4s): 591-596; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.4s.69
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