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Surface tension of several drugs used in endodontics
J D Pécora1, L F Guimarães, R N Savioli
1Faculdade de Odontologia de Riberirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Brazilian Dental Journal
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Surface tension of various drugs used in endodontic therapy was studied by the capillary method. Drugs of the phenol group--eugenol, paramonochlorophenol, tricresol-formalin and phenol--presented very low surface tension. The association of a detergent to the solution of calcium hydroxide reduced its surface tension by half.