Ameurt et al. (2012) studied the antimicrobial activity of 18 species of eucalyptus, among them E. globulus, and in this study, the authors found a percentage of 53.7% of 1.8-cineole in the E. glo- bulus species, which shows that this is the main component of the oil and is most likely responsible for its bioactivity.
A pathogen’s ability to form a biofilm is very important in the pathogenesis of dental plaque. Thus, procedures that hinder or otherwise make a bacterium less able to adhere to teeth have