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Primary study · included by 1 review

Bactericidal Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy and Chitosan in Root Canals Experimentally Infected with Enterococcus faecalis: An In Vitro Study.

Camacho-Alonso 2017 · Camacho-Alonso Fabio, Julián-Belmonte Encarnación, Chiva-García Fernando, et al. · Photomedicine and laser surgery · 2017

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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Chitosan vs. Sodium Hypochlorite Against Enterococcus faecalis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Camacho-Alonso 2017 · Reference 9; Figure 2; Supplementary Table S1
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Number of E. faecalis (colony-forming units, CFU/mL)
Chitosan-based irrigant (0.1% to 2%) vs Sodium hypochlorite (2% to 5.2%)
MD -0.28 [-1.54, 0.97]6 studies · 188 participantsHigh

1 including review in total.