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ReviewJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics2025

Local drug delivery for regeneration and disinfection in endodontics: A narrative review.

Anu Elsa Swaroop, Sylvia Mathew, P Harshini, Shruthi Nagaraja

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Review in Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anu Elsa SwaroopDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Sylvia MathewDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
P HarshiniDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Shruthi NagarajaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local Drug Delivery Systems (LDDSs) represent a significant development in endodontic therapy, offering targeted, effective treatment options for managing root canal infections and regenerative outcomes. LDDS can be customized to deliver antimicrobial agents and/or bioactive components to the specific site to address challenges associated with resistant microbial species and enhance regenerative outcomes. Further research in this area is essential to optimize these systems to improve clinical success. This article attempts to review the existing literature on the different LDDS in endodontics. Relevant scientific literature related to the topic was searched in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus, critically analyzed and their data were extracted.

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Disinfectionendodonticslocal drug deliveryregeneration

Identifiers

PMID40046470
PMCPMC11878682

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