A importância de se conhecer os diversos sistemas de irrigação dos canais radiculares: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Introduction: Root canal irrigation will act to clean and disinfect the root canals. Methodology: Bibliographic survey of scientific articles published in the databases of PubMed, Scielo and Cochrane Library in the period between March and October 2020, with the inclusion criteria of articles published in English and Portuguese, maximum publication date of 10 years. Results: it was found that the knowledge of the different irrigating solutions associated with different application techniques made it possible to obtain better results in endodontic therapy. For this to happen, the various irrigation systems that can be divided into two groups were presented: manual irrigation techniques and machine assisted irrigation techniques. Conclusion: With this review we came to the conclusion that there is no study that has a total efficiency of irrigation systems. It is important to know different types of irrigation protocols so that the competence can be united, allowing a greater probability in cases of endodontic treatments.