Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nitrate Nanoparticle and Its Application in Endodontics and Dentistry: A Review of Literature

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Physical</td><td class="align_center">Chemical</td><td class="align_center">Biological</td><td class="align_center">Top-down</td><td class="align_center">Bottom-up</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bal milling<br/>Thermal evaporation<br/>Lithography<br/>Vapor phase</td><td class="align_center">Sol-gel processing<br/>Solution-based synthesis</td><td class="align_center">Bacteria<br/>Fungi<br/>Yeast<br/>Plant extract (Salvadora persica)</td><td class="align_center">Mechanical milling<br/>Chemical etching<br/>Laser ablation<br/>Sputtering lithography<br/>Thermal decomposition</td><td class="align_center">Electrochemical precipitation<br/>Vapor deposition<br/>Molecular condensation<br/>Sol-gel process<br/>Spray pyrolysis<br/>Laser pyrolysis<br/>Aerosol pyrolysis<br/>Green synthesis: bacteria plants (gymnosperms to angiosperms) <i>Fungus algae</i><br/><i>Yeasts</i><br/><i>Actinomycetes</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Demonstration of the different approaches in Ag NP synthesis.</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Table 1: Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nitrate Nanoparticle and Its Application in Endodontics and Dentistry: A Review of Literature 