Evaluating the impact of concentration on anti-fungal property of CEM cement

Abstract

Anti-fungal property is regarded as oneof the appropriate proprieties of retrogradefiling materials. It has beenfound that the anti-fungal property of MTA is influencedby its concentration. The objective of current research wasto evaluate the impact of concentration on anti-fungalproperty of CEM cement .The anti-fungal properties ofCEM cement was evaluated using Tube susceptibility testin the p/l ratios of 1.135, 2. 270, and 3.400 at the time intervalsof 0, 1, 24, 48, 72, 168 hours. Data were analyzedusing chi-square and fisher exact tests. The growth ofCandida albicans was seen in all tubes in all three experimentalgroups at time intervals of 0 and 1 hour; while theCandida albicans showed no growth in any of the experimentalgroups at other time intervals. Different p/l ratiosin CEM cement are able to prevent the growth of Candidaalbicans, except in the early hours, and this property is notinfluenced by p/l ratio.