Title

Antimicrobial efficacy of herbal and silver nanoparticles based root canal irrigants

Authors

Kamil Shahnawaz^1,*, Anamika Anamika¹, Swati Sagar¹, Shakir Alam² & Abhijeet Alok¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, Darbhanga Medical College & Hospital, Bihar, India; ²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Mithla Minority Dental College &Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Kamil Shahnawaz - E-mail: drkamil.health@gmail.com

Anamika Anamika - E-mail: drsinghanamika@gmail.com

Swati Sagar - E-mail: doctor.swatisagar@gmail.com

Shakir Alam - E-mail: drshakiralam@gmail.com

Abhijeet Alok - E-mail: drabhijeetalok786@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

The complete removal of organic material and microorganisms from the root canal is essential to the effectiveness of root canal therapy. Root canal irrigants aid in the eradication of root canal microorganisms in addition to mechanical cleaning. Therefore, it is of interest to report/ describe the antibacterial effectiveness of root canal irrigants based on herbal and silver nanoparticles. The test irrigant's impact on Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated in conjunction with a water control group. Silver nanoparticle-based root canal irrigants show the high inhibitory zone against E. faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus compared to herbal irrigants.

Keywords

Antimicrobial efficacy, E faecalis, herbal irrigants, silver nanoparticles

Citation

Shahnawaz et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2415-2418 (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.