Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research 2 6C 2014 12 21 Antibacterial Activity of Hybanthus Enneaspermus against Enterococcus Faecalis - A Root Canal Organism 14 16 EN Kalepu Vamsi Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Penang International Dental College, Penang, Malaysia Pradeep Kumar Bholla IJDSR201426C4 10.12691/ijdsr-2-6C-4 2014 10 12 2014 11 23 2014 12 21 The root canal microbes which are responsible for the pulpal diseases have been attempted to be eliminated using various chemical methods. Herbal remedies used in folk medicine provide an interesting and still largely unexplored source for the creation and development of potentially new drugs for chemotherapy. This has been one such attempt aimed at testing the antimicrobial efficacy of Hybanthus enneaspermus, a herbal extract against the most resistant bacteria of the root canal system E.faecalis. This was done using microbiological agar diffusion test which concluded a good inhibiting effect of the aqueous herbal extract on the root canal organism, thus confirming its possible use as a root canal irrigant.