Research Article

An Assessment of Antibacterial Activity of Four Endodontic Sealers on Enterococcus faecalis by a Direct Contact Test: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

Showing bacterial kinetics (mean optical density).

GroupsWell AWell B

Group I (ZnOE) 0 . 3 0 ± 0 . 0 1 0 . 3 1 ± 0 . 0 1
Group II (Ketac Endo) 0 . 3 7 ± 0 . 0 4 0 . 4 1 ± 0 . 0 6
Group III (Gutta Flow) 0 . 4 6 ± 0 . 0 8 0 . 4 9 ± 0 . 0 8
Group IV (resin) 0 . 4 9 ± 0 . 0 7 0 . 4 9 ± 0 . 0 8
Group V (control) 0 . 4 9 ± 0 . 0 7 0 . 5 0 ± 0 . 0 9