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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Root Canal Irrigants
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Root Canal Irrigants
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Disinfectants > Dental Disinfectants > Root Canal Irrigants
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Anti-Infective Agents > Disinfectants > Dental Disinfectants > Root Canal Irrigants

Preferred term

Root Canal Irrigants  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Chemicals used mainly to disinfect root canals after pulpectomy and before obturation. The major ones are camphorated monochlorophenol, EDTA, formocresol, hydrogen peroxide, metacresylacetate, and sodium hypochlorite. Root canal irrigants include also rinsing solutions of distilled water, sodium chloride, etc.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Root Canal Irrigant
  • Root Canal Medicament
  • Root Canal Medicaments

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PPFZW037-B

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