Correlations between endotoxin and clinical symptoms or radiolucent areas in infected root canals

N Horiba; Y Maekawa; Y Abe; M Ito; T Matsumoto; H Nakamura

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(91)90438-i

Correlations between endotoxin and clinical symptoms or radiolucent areas in infected root canals

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1991 Apr;71(4):492-5. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(91)90438-i.

Authors

N Horiba¹, Y Maekawa, Y Abe, M Ito, T Matsumoto, H Nakamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.

PMID: 2052336
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(91)90438-i

Abstract

Samples were collected from the root canals of 30 teeth of patients with apical periodontitis and assayed for endotoxin content. The detection rates of endotoxin and endotoxin content were higher in symptomatic teeth, teeth with radiolucent areas, and teeth with exudation than in those without them.

MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections / metabolism*
Dental Pulp / chemistry*
Endotoxins / analysis*
Exudates and Transudates / chemistry
Humans
Periapical Periodontitis / metabolism*
Periapical Tissue / metabolism
Root Canal Therapy

Substances

Endotoxins