Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Calotropis gigentica against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus: An in vitro comparative study

Meenakshi Sharma¹, Sandeep Tandon¹, Vishal Aggarwal², Kishore G Bhat³, Damodhar Kappadi⁴, Pavitra Chandrashekhar⁵, Rakesh Dorwal^6
1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
² Department of Conservative Dentistry, NIMS Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
³ Department of Microbiology, Martha Mandal's NGH Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
⁴ Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, NIMS Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
⁵ Department of Oral Pathology, Raja's Dental College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
⁶ Private Practitioner, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0972-0707.168809