Effectiveness of Photosensitized Curcumin Fibers, Aloevera, Amla Juice and Panchatulsi in Disinfecting Guttapercha Cones

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Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Aug 12

PMID 39131531

Authors

Anurag Jain

Anchita Lavania

Nayna Sharma

Saloni Goenka

Saurabh Mankeliya

Sonal Bansal

Ramanpal Singh Makkad

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Abstract

Herbal remedies have demonstrated remarkable effects as anti-diabetic, anticancer, antimicrobials, immunological modulatory agent in liver problems, respiratory illnesses, and as beauty agents. The need for more affordable, readily accessible, and alternative medicines has led to a rise in the recognition of herbal drugs. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of photosensitized curcumin fibers, Aloevera, Amla Juice and Pancha Tulsi in disinfecting guttapercha (GP) cones. It was observed that all experimental disinfectants were found to have greater antimicrobial action than the positive control in which no disinfectant was used. The order of antimicrobial action among different experimental disinfectants against Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis in disinfection of GP cones was in following order PanchaTulsi>Curcumin fibers >Amla juice > Aloe vera. It was concluded that all herbal disinfectants were found to have antimicrobial effectiveness in disinfection of GP cones with Panchtulsi having maximum disinfectant ability followed by photosensitized curcumin fibres.

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