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The antimicrobial activity of gray-colored mineral trioxide aggregate (GMTA) and white-colored MTA (WMTA) under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics - 1 Jun 2010
Ribeiro Caroline Sousa, Scelza Miriam F Zaccaro, Hirata Júnior Raphael, Buarque de Oliveira Lidia Maria
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the antimicrobial activity of gray-colored MTA (GMTA) and white-colored MTA (WMTA) is related to the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). STUDY DESIGN: In vitro antimicrobial activity of MTA was carried out using E. coli mutant (AB2463-RecA13), triple mutant (BW535), and wild type (AB1157). The diffusion method on Müller-Hinton agar...
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