Photodynamic therapy in the control of oral biofilms.

NS Soukos, JM Goodson - Periodontology 2000, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
The article focuses on photodynamic therapy in bacterial control of oral biofilm, which is
used in dental medicine to prevent oral diseases. It says that light and oxygen are involved …

Photodynamic Therapy As a Promising Method Used in the Treatment of Oral Diseases.

EJ Prażmo, M Kwaśny, M Łapiński… - Advances in clinical …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) consists of three elements: photosensitizer, light and oxygen.
The photosensitizer has the property of selective accumulation in abnormal or infected …

Antimicrobial effects of photodynamic therapy on patients with necrotic pulps and periapical lesion

AS Garcez, SC Nuñez, MR Hamblin, MS Ribeiro - Journal of endodontics, 2008 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in association
with endodontic treatment. Twenty patients were selected. Microbiological samples were …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy combined with conventional endodontic treatment to eliminate root canal biofilm infection

AS Garcez, MS Ribeiro, GP Tegos… - Lasers in Surgery …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective To compare the effectiveness of antimicrobial
photodynamic therapy (PDT), standard endodontic treatment and the combined treatment to …

Photodynamic therapy associated with conventional endodontic treatment in patients with antibiotic-resistant microflora: a preliminary report

AS Garcez, SC Nunez, MR Hamblim, H Suzuki… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: This study reports the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT)
combined with endodontic treatment in patients with necrotic pulp infected with microflora …

Photodynamic treatment of endodontic polymicrobial infection in vitro

JL Fimple, CR Fontana, F Foschi, K Ruggiero… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
We investigated the photodynamic effects of methylene blue on multispecies root canal
biofilms comprising Actinomyces israelii, Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies nucleatum …

Photodynamic therapy with two different photosensitizers as a supplement to instrumentation/irrigation procedures in promoting intracanal reduction of Enterococcus …

LC Souza, PRR Brito, JCM de Oliveira, FRF Alves… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: This in vitro study aimed to investigate the antibacterial effects of
photodynamic therapy (PDT) with methylene blue (MB) or toluidine blue (TB)(both at 15 …

Endodontic photodynamic therapy ex vivo

R Ng, F Singh, DA Papamanou, X Song, C Patel… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of
photodynamic therapy (PDT) on infected human teeth ex vivo. METHODS: Fifty-two freshly …

Photodynamic inactivation of Enterococcus faecalis in dental root canals in vitro

F Foschi, CR Fontana, K Ruggiero… - Lasers in Surgery …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives We previously reported the use of a flexible fiber optic
that uniformly distributed light in the root canal space for targeting bacteria after their …

Photodynamic therapy in endodontics: a literature review

AC Trindade, JAP De Figueiredo, L Steier… - … and laser surgery, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Recently, several in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated promising results about the use
of photodynamic therapy during root canal system disinfection. However, there is no …