ANTIBIOTICS AS ROOT CANAL MEDICAMENTS - A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Abstract

Antibiotics are valuable armamentarium that are available to healthcare professionals for management of bacterial infections. Antibiotics can be applied both locally and systemically based on the trauma of the teeth during endodontic treatment. The local application of antibiotics is found to be more effective when compared with systemic application. The aim of the current study is to review the antibiotics that are used as medicaments in root canal treatments. The search of data and articles was performed from 1990 to 2015 through pubmed and google scholar. Various antibiotics have been tested in numerous studies and each study had some advantages. Various antibiotics have been tested in numerous studies and each study had some advantages. The antibiotics that are reviewed in this article are ledermix paste, metronidazole, tetracycline, clindamycin and triple antibiotic paste,antibiotic containing scaffolds and so on. PBSC and PBSN are the first proposed antibiotics used in dentistry, given by Grossman. Ledermix paste is used as a pulp capping agent due to presence of demethylchlortetracycline. Septomixine forte contains polymixine B Sulphate which is used as an intracanal medicament. Triple Antibiotic Paste and Antibiotic containing scaffolds are used for canal disinfection and pulp revascularization. These antibiotics are found to be effective in reducing the bacteria count in the root canal system of the infected teeth.