TODENTJ-25-03-2019_TODENTJ-10-214 1553506476 Bentham Open doi@benthamopen.net Bentham Open The Open Dentistry Journal TODENTJ 1874-2106 05 11 2016 10 1 Nagendrababu Venkateshbabu Suresh Anand Mohan Abarajithan Sultan O. Sheriff Pulikkotil S. Jacob Nath Sonia Complete eradication of microbial biofilms and elimination of the smear layer are the key factors during endodontic treatment. Various chemical irrigants have been proposed in the literature for the same. The major setback with these chemical irrigants is that they are not bio-friendly to the dental and peri-radicular tissues. In the recent years, research to use natural products for root canal disinfection has gained importance. The aim of this article is to compile various herbal products that have been used as an irrigants and intracanal medicaments in the field of Endodontics to eradicate the biofilm and remove smear layer. 05 11 2016 214 226 TODENTJ-10-214 1 10.2174/crossmark_policy opendentistryjournal.com benthamopen.com true Peer Reviewed Single blind Checked with iThenticate 2015-12-30 2016-1-10 2016-01-28 2016-05-11 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 10.2174/1874210601610010214 1553506476 https://opendentistryjournal.com/VOLUME/10/PAGE/214/ https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V10/TODENTJ-10-214/TODENTJ-10-214.xml Iran. 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