Resumo

OLIVEIRA, Elias Pandonor Motcy de; IRALA, Luis Eduardo Duarte; SANTOS, Alessandra Rodrigues dos  e  MELO, Tiago André Fontoura de. Evaluation of the antimicrobial action of four calcium hydroxide-based formulations as intracanal medication. RFO UPF [online]. 2010, vol.15, n.1, pp. 35-39. ISSN 1413-4012.

The objective of this study is to evaluate, by means of BHI Agar diffusion method, the anti-microbial action of four calcium hydroxide-based formulations as intracanal medication. Therefore, three microbial groups were used: Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans. Based on the analysis of the results, by means of the Kruskal-Wallis statistical test, complemented by the multiple comparisons test, to a significance level of 5%, it was found that the Calen™ , with or without PMCC and Hydrocal™ without iodoform, showed no antimicrobial activity against the 3 cultures used, not showing statistical difference. The Hydrocal™ with iodoform did not act against the cultures of Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis, but against Bacillus subtilis only.

Palavras-chave : Endodontics; Drug resistance. Microbial; Calcium hydroxide.