Title

Evaluation of EDTA and silver nanoparticle based root canal irrigants on smear layer elimination and dentine surface roughness

Authors

N Vathsala¹, Abhishek Mehta²,*, Vaibhav Tammanna Chougule³, Nilabh Kalita⁴, Sourav Chandra Bidyasagar Bal⁵ , V Radhika⁶ & Shail D Kushwaha⁷ & Vardharajula Venkat Ramaiah⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, The Oxford Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontic, Daswani Dental College and Research Centre, Kota, Rajasthan, India; ³Department of Pedodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Intern, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ⁵Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, S "O" A Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁶Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Jaggi Dental Care, Trichy, India; ⁷Intern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha,India; ⁸Department of Public Health, College of Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah 51542, PO, Box 666, Saudi Arabia; *Corresponding author

Email

N Vathsala - E-mail: vathsalanara@gmail.com
Abhishek Mehta - E-mail: dr.abhishekmehta86@gmail.com
Vaibhav Tammanna Chougule - E-mail: vaibhav.chougule@bharatividyapeeth.edu
Nilabh Kalita - E-mail: imnilabh777@gmail.com
Sourav Chandra Bidyasagar Bal - E-mail: souravchandrabidyasagarbal@soa.ac.in
V Radhika - E-mail: leelavathimds1979@gmail.com
Shail D Kushwaha - E-mail: shailkushwaha028@gmail.com
Vardharajula Venkat Ramaiah - E-mail: v.vardharajula@qu.edu.sa

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2026; Revised January 31, 2026; Accepted January 31, 2026, Published January 31, 2026

Abstract

Successful endodontics procedure is based on complete biomechanical preparation and three dimensional obturaion. Root canal irrigation is to eliminate necrotic pulp tissue remains and smear layers. There are limited reported studies on comparison of nanoparticle based irrigants. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the efficacy of nanoparticle, EDTA irrigants and sodium hypochlorite on smear layer elimination and surface roughness on root canal dentine. Sodium hypochlorite followed by Silver nanoparticle based irrigant showed good efficacy in removal of smear layer. Silver nanoparticle showed minimal surface roughness of root canal dentine compared to sodium hypochlorite and EDTA.

Keywords

Ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), root canal irrigants, smears layer, silver nanoparticle, and surface roughness

Citation

Vathsala et al. Bioinformation 22(1): 118-121 (2026)

Edited by

P Babaji

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.