Phytomedicine: Herbal venture in green endodontics

Phytomedicine: Herbal venture in green endodontics

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Introduction: Nature has bestowed a very rich botanical wealth.Antimicrobial agents of plant origin have enormous therapeutic potential.Azadirachta Indica (AI) & Aloe Barbadensis (AB) are the natural product that has gained interest in endodontics as irrigant due to their antibacterial effectiveness against several endodontic T-Shirt pathogens.Hence the purpose of this in vivo study was to compare the antimicrobial efficacy of herbal (Azadirachta Indica & Aloe Barbadensis) with conventional (Sodium Hypochlorite and Chlorhexidine Gluconate) irrigants in infected root canals.Methodology: One hundred and twenty five patients satisfying the inclusion criteria were selected.

Before and after the root canal preparation, two canal samples were obtained by a harvesting method using a sterile paper point and then transferred for microbiological study.Results: The results of present study indicated that use of Sodium Hypochlorite showed greatest percentage reduction in Aerobic Microbial Load (87.58%) followed by Azadirachta Indica (82.24%), Chlorhexidine Gluconate (78.32%), Aloe Barbadensis (27.

22%) and Distilled Water (15.73%).In anaerobic Skateboards microbial load Azadirachta Indica showed greatest percentage reduction (78.43%) followed by Chlorhexidine Gluconate (78.12%), Sodium Hypochlorite (75.

16%), Distilled Water (12.38%) and Aloe Barbadensis (-9.74%).Conclusion: The results of present study indicate that the number of post-irrigant positive cultures (CFU/ml) was significantly lower than the pre-irrigant cultures in all the groups.