<i>Ex vivo</i> antimicrobial efficacy of the <scp>E</scp>ndo<scp>V</scp>ac^® system plus photodynamic therapy associated with calcium hydroxide against intracanal <i><scp>E</scp>nterococcus faecalis</i>

Abstract

The adjunctive use of the EndoVac system and the photodynamic treatment, in combination or not, was as effective as the conventional chemomechanical debridement associated with CaOH2 on reducing the counts of intracanal E. faecalis.