Given the emergence of resistant bacterial strains and novel microorganisms that globally
threaten human life, moving toward new treatment modalities for microbial infections has …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) is a promising approach to fight the growing
problem of antimicrobial resistance that threatens health care, food security and agriculture …

New therapies involving natural products and nanobiotechnology open additional
perspectives to reduce endodontic infections. Curcumin is a natural polyphenol extracted …

Background: Antibiotic resistance has become a growing global problem where
overprescription is a contributing factor for its development. In the endodontics field …

Background Candida albicans (C. albicans) is the primary pathogen of denture biofilm.
Moreover, it could establish a cross-kingdom relationship with bacteria to enhance its …

The worldwide threat of antibiotic resistance requires alternative strategies to fight bacterial
infections. A promising approach to support conventional antibiotic therapy is the …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of active oxygen‐releasing gel
as an adjuvant, with and without antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), in the …

Objective To explore the effectiveness, biosafety, photobleaching and mechanism of
antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) using methylene blue (MB) plus potassium …

Oral biofilms are a prominent cause of a wide variety of oral infectious diseases which are
still considered as growing public health problems worldwide. Oral biofilms harbor specific …

Rapidly evolving multidrug resistance renders conventional antimicrobial strategies
increasingly inefficient. This urges the exploration of alternative strategies with a lower …