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<journal-id>2215-3411</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Odovtos International Journal of Dental Sciences]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Odovtos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3411</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2215-34112025000100012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/ijds.2024.60339</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sodium Hypochlorite in Endodontic Therapy: Immutable Hero or Imminent Threat?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hipoclorito de sodio en la terapia endodóntica: ¿Héroe inmutable o amenaza inminente?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango Facultad de Odontología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>12</fpage>
<lpage>15</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-34112025000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-34112025000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-34112025000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Historically, in its beginnings, sodium hypochlorite was only related to the bleaching of garments, however, over the years its use was extended to the medical area thanks to its disinfectant qualities, and its application continued in the field of dentistry, especially in endodontics, so much so that it has come to be considered today the gold standard in endodontic irrigation. This article aims to briefly highlight its importance in endodontics and the qualities that allow its continued use.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Históricamente, en sus inicios, el hipoclorito de sodio sólo estaba relacionado con el blanqueamiento de prendas de vestir, sin embargo, con el paso de los años su uso se extendió al área médica gracias a sus cualidades desinfectantes, y su aplicación continuó en el campo de la odontología, especialmente en endodoncia, tanto así que ha llegado a ser considerado hoy en día como el estándar de oro en irrigación endodóntica. Este artículo pretende destacar brevemente su importancia en endodoncia y las cualidades que permiten su uso continuo.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sodium hypochlorite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Endodontics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Root canal irrigants]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Disinfection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Antibacterial agent]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Toxicity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipoclorito de sodio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Endodoncia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Irrigantes del conducto radicular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Desinfección]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Agente antibacterial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Toxicidad]]></kwd>
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