Nowadays, food safety issues have drawn increased attention due to the continual
occurrence of infectious diseases caused by foodborne pathogens, which is an important …

Toluidine blue (TB) staining either alone or in association with other methodologies has the
potential to answer a variety of biological questions regarding the human, animal and plant …

This paper describes the results of our extensive and continuing series of studies on the
development and investigation of new potential sensitizers for antitumor and antimicrobial …

Periodontitis is initiated by causative bacteria in the gingival sulcus. However, as the lesion
is often deep and out of circulation system and biofilm is frequently formed on the bacteria …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy or aPDT is an alternative therapeutic approach in which
lasers and different photosensitizing agents are used to eradicate periodontopathic bacteria …

Objective The present study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the literature, to
evaluate, in vitro, the effectiveness of the technique of photodynamic therapy against …

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a rapidly evolving, non-invasive treatment modality with
considerable promise in dental pharmacotherapeutics. This review article comprehensively …

The alarming increase in bacterial resistance to antibiotics has demanded new strategies for
microbial inactivation, which include photodynamic therapy whose activity relies on the …

The development of improved photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT) is still a
current research need. In this sense, third-generation photosensitizers employ different …

Introduction: Implant surface disinfection is the most difficult phases in treatment of peri-
implantitis. This study sought to assess the efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy …