Is Chlorhexidine in Dentistry an Ally or a Foe? A Narrative Review

Chlorhexidine has been one of the most effective and popular antiseptic substances used in medicine for decades. In dentistry, it has been used in endodontics, periodontology, surgery, and general dentistry. It is also widely used daily by patients in mouth rinses, gels, or toothpastes. Because of i...

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Autores principales: Pałka, Łukasz, Nowakowska-Toporowska, Agnieszka, Dalewski, Bartosz
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627901
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050764
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description Chlorhexidine has been one of the most effective and popular antiseptic substances used in medicine for decades. In dentistry, it has been used in endodontics, periodontology, surgery, and general dentistry. It is also widely used daily by patients in mouth rinses, gels, or toothpastes. Because of its multiple uses, we should follow all types of research reporting its potential adverse effects. This article aims to review the most up-to-date studies regarding chlorhexidine and its possible side effects, in the period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, as the use of different antiseptic substances has rapidly increased.
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spelling pubmed-91419962022-05-28 Is Chlorhexidine in Dentistry an Ally or a Foe? A Narrative Review Pałka, Łukasz Nowakowska-Toporowska, Agnieszka Dalewski, Bartosz Healthcare (Basel) Review Chlorhexidine has been one of the most effective and popular antiseptic substances used in medicine for decades. In dentistry, it has been used in endodontics, periodontology, surgery, and general dentistry. It is also widely used daily by patients in mouth rinses, gels, or toothpastes. Because of its multiple uses, we should follow all types of research reporting its potential adverse effects. This article aims to review the most up-to-date studies regarding chlorhexidine and its possible side effects, in the period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, as the use of different antiseptic substances has rapidly increased. MDPI 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9141996/ /pubmed/35627901 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050764 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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