{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]],"date-time":"2026-07-28T07:39:08Z","timestamp":1785224348667,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Scientific Foundation Spiroski (publications)","issue":"19","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,12]],"date-time":"2019-10-12T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1570838400000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Open Access Maced J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>AIM: Enterococcus faecalis is one of the most resistant bacteria in necrotic teeth. That\u2019s why the goal of this study was to determine the post-antibiotic effect of MTAD\u00ae&amp; 2% Chlorhexidine\u00ae as root canal irrigating solution on clinical isolates of E. faecalis from infected root canals of permanent teeth, using the spectrophotometric technique.\r\nMATERIAL AND METHODS: The antibacterial efficacy of Chloramphenicol 30 mcg, Nitrofurantoin 300 mcg, Vancomycin 5 mcg, Amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid 30 mcg and Ofloxacin 5 mcg against E. faecalis was compared using the Disc diffusion method. Patients were selected for this study with permanent necrotic teeth. The sterile paper point was inserted inside the infected root canal and left for 60 seconds; to obtain the microbiological sample. Postantibiotic effect of MTAD\u00ae and 2% Chlorohexidine\u00ae on E. faecalis was compared. The absorbance of bacterial growth was examined for both irrigating solutions during the first 10 hours with an hour interval, and then tested at 48, 72, 96 up to 240 hours.\r\nRESULTS: The results showed that during the first 10 hours, MTAD\u00ae showed immediate antibacterial effect and maintained its higher antibacterial activity than 2% chlorohexidine\u00ae. After 48, 72, 96 and 240 hours, both MTAD\u00ae and 2% chlorohexidine\u00ae showed the same prolonged action of post-antibiotic effect against E. faecalis with a non-significant difference. According to Antibiotic sensitivity, the results revealed MTAD\u00ae is the most effective antimicrobial drug, showing the highest zone of inhibition, followed by 2% Chlorhexidine and Nitrofurantoin 300 mcg which showed the same inhibitory activity\r\nCONCLUSION: From the current study, it can be concluded that MTAD\u00ae has a strong bactericidal effect against E. faecalis and showed the highest zone of inhibition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3889\/oamjms.2019.570","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,22]],"date-time":"2019-12-22T18:07:14Z","timestamp":1577038034000},"page":"3270-3275","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The Comparative Evaluation of the Post-Antimicrobial Effect of MTAD\u00ae and 2% Chlorhexidine against Enterococcus faecalis of Permanent Teeth with Necrotic Pulp"],"prefix":"10.3889","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Nehal","family":"Sharaf","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Walaa A.","family":"Alshareef","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"52292","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,12]]},"container-title":["Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/spiroski.migration.publicknowledgeproject.org\/index.php\/mjms\/article\/download\/oamjms.2019.570\/4114","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/oamjms.eu\/index.php\/mjms\/article\/download\/oamjms.2019.570\/4029","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,19]],"date-time":"2023-04-19T21:32:24Z","timestamp":1681939944000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/spiroski.migration.publicknowledgeproject.org\/index.php\/mjms\/article\/view\/oamjms.2019.570"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,12]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"19","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,15]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3889\/oamjms.2019.570","relation":{},"ISSN":["1857-9655"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1857-9655","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,12]]}}}