ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF ALOE VERA AS AN ALTERNATIVE ROOT CANAL MEDICAL MATERIAL AGAINST Enterococcus faecalis BACTERIA

Root canal treatment consists of access preparation, root canal preparation,intracanal disinfection and root canal lling. Root canal disinfection is accomplished by irrigation and root canal medicament. In post-endodontic treatment infections, the dominant bacteria is Enterococcus faecalis. Intracanal medicaments that are derived from the Aloe vera plant have been widely studied for their antimicrobial potential against the pathogenic bacteria Enterococcus faecalis. Aloe vera gel medicament has antimicrobial effects that can inhibit the growth of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria. The aim of this study was to conduct an integrative technique st Objective: udy with scientic evidence relating to the antimicrobial potential of Aloe vera as an alternative root canal medicament against Enterococcus faecalis bacteria. Analyzing journals from the Methods: database of Google Scholar and Medline (PubMed). This review revealed that Al Conclusion: oe vera has antimicrobial action against the Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, but the use of Aloe vera as a root canal medicament is still controversial due to many differences in some researchers.