DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i08.006

Pages: 482-484

Ozone is an unstable gas, used also in medicine especially for the treatment of microbial infections. Its antimicrobial action is due to damage to the cytoplasmic membrane, which affects our cells to a lesser extent because they are more resistant to oxidative damage. In vitro studies, they have observed its antibacterial action and its cytotoxicity comparing it with chlorhexidine. Topical ozone is most often used in the form of gas, diluted in aqueous solution and the form of ozonized oil in different fields of dentistry. The use of ozonated water for the treatment of oral infections is successfully documented in the literature, in periodontal disease, in orthodontic patients to reduce the bacteric load, and also against endodontic bacteria and for oral candidosis.