{"title":"[Comparison of calcium hydroxide and chlorhexidine as intracanal medications in endodontics: review of the literature].","authors":"A M Hachez, P Bogaerts, J P Van Nieuwenhuysen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Calcium hydroxide has found its use in endodontic treatments. On the other hand, chlorhexidine is more and more proposedfor uses in clinical endodontics. Could chlorhexidine surpass calcium hydroxide and what are the benefits of chlorhexidine? This literature overview concludes that both medications are useful and that further studies are necessary before chosing one above the other.</p>","PeriodicalId":77359,"journal":{"name":"Revue belge de medecine dentaire","volume":"60 4","pages":"345-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revue belge de medecine dentaire","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Calcium hydroxide has found its use in endodontic treatments. On the other hand, chlorhexidine is more and more proposedfor uses in clinical endodontics. Could chlorhexidine surpass calcium hydroxide and what are the benefits of chlorhexidine? This literature overview concludes that both medications are useful and that further studies are necessary before chosing one above the other.