Surfactants 

Endo-CHX, an Endodontic irrigating solution of 2% chlorhexidine manufactured by Essential Dental Systems, also contains 'surfactants'. These surfactants proportedly have been tested as improving the solution's efficacy in permeating microscopic intricacies of the walls of the interior of the tooth's root canal http://www.edsdental.com/endochx.htm. Does anyone know how this reconsiles with the claim in the main article that surfactants tend to inactivate chlorhexidine? 50.150.181.230