Oral candidiasis: A disease of opportunity

T Vila, AS Sultan, D Montelongo-Jauregui… - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oral candidiasis, commonly referred to as “thrush,” is an opportunistic fungal infection that
commonly affects the oral mucosa. The main causative agent, Candida albicans, is a highly …

Clinical applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in dentistry

L Gholami, S Shahabi, M Jazaeri, M Hadilou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Given the emergence of resistant bacterial strains and novel microorganisms that globally
threaten human life, moving toward new treatment modalities for microbial infections has …

Candidiasis: red and white manifestations in the oral cavity

JW Hellstein, CL Marek - Head and neck Pathology, 2019 - Springer
Candidiasis is a very common malady in the head neck region. This review will concentrate
on intraoral, pharyngeal and perioral manifestations and treatment. A history of the origins …

Thymus vulgaris essential oil and thymol inhibit biofilms and interact synergistically with antifungal drugs against drug resistant strains of Candida albicans and …

H Jafri, I Ahmad - Journal de mycologie Medicale, 2020 - Elsevier
Role of biofilm in disease development and enhance tolerance to antifungal drugs among
Candida species has necessitated search for new anti-fungal treatment strategy …

Utility of photodynamic therapy in dentistry: Current concepts

A Stájer, S Kajári, M Gajdács, A Musah-Eroje, Z Baráth - Dentistry journal, 2020 - mdpi.com
The significant growth in scientific and technological advancements within the field of
dentistry has resulted in a wide range of novel treatment modalities for dentists to use …

Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins

H Mathur, D Field, MC Rea, PD Cotter, C Hill… - npj Biofilms and …, 2018 - nature.com
Biofilms are sessile communities of bacteria typically embedded in an extracellular
polymeric matrix. Bacterial cells embedded in biofilms are inherently recalcitrant to …

Antifungal activity and mode of action of thymol and its synergism with nystatin against Candida species involved with infections in the oral cavity: an in vitro study

RD De Castro, TMPA de Souza, LMD Bezerra… - … and alternative medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background Limitations of antifungal agents used in the treatment of oral candidiasis, as the
development of resistant strains, are known by the scientific community. In this context, the …

Applications of plasma-activated water in dentistry: a review

NVM Milhan, W Chiappim, AG Sampaio… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The activation of water by non-thermal plasma creates a liquid with active constituents
referred to as plasma-activated water (PAW). Due to its active constituents, PAW may play …

Oxidative stress and inflammation regulation of sirtuins: New insights into common oral diseases

Z Pan, H Dong, N Huang, J Fang - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sirtuins are a family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+-dependent histone
deacetylases, comprising seven members SIRT1-SIRT7. Sirtuins have been extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Colombian essential oil of Ruta graveolens against nosocomial antifungal resistant Candida strains

MG Donadu, Y Peralta-Ruiz, D Usai, F Maggio… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance in antifungal therapy, a problem unknown until a few years ago, is
increasingly assuming importance especially in immunosuppressed patients and patients …