Bactericidal Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy and Chitosan in Root Canals Experimentally Infected with Enterococcus faecalis: An In Vitro Study

F Camacho-Alonso, E Julián-Belmonte… - … and laser surgery, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chitosan
against Enterococcus faecalis and assess the possible enhancive effect of chitosan on the …

Photodynamic therapy with pyoktanin blue and diode laser for elimination of Enterococcus faecalis

Y Masuda, H Sakagami, M Horiike, H Kadokura… - in vivo, 2018 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Enterococcus faecalis is responsible for most cases of endodontic
treatment failure. Despite various conventional disinfection methods, root canals are not …

Effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on Enterococcus faecalis biofilm in experimental primary and secondary endodontic infections

C Tennert, K Feldmann, E Haamann, A Al-Ahmad… - BMC oral health, 2014 - Springer
Background To determine the antibacterial effect of photodynamic Therapy on Enterococcus
faecalis (E. faecalis) biofilms in experimentally infected human root canals in primary …

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 …

Bactericidal efficacy of photodynamic therapy against Enterococcus faecalis in infected root canals: a systematic literature review

SH Siddiqui, KH Awan, F Javed - Photodiagnosis and photodynamic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective The aim was to review the bactericidal efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT)
against Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) in infected root canals. Methods To address the …

Effect of fiber insertion depth on antibacterial efficacy of photodynamic therapy against Enterococcus faecalis in rootcanals

T Rödig, S Endres, F Konietschke… - Clinical Oral …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives This in vitro study evaluated the effect of fiber insertion depth on antimicrobial
efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) using a photosensitizer (PS; toluidine …

Photodynamic Therapy for Root Canals Infected with Enterococcus faecalis

MB Fonseca, POT Júnior, RC Pallota… - … and laser surgery, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT)
on endodontic pathogens by evaluating the decrease in numbers of Enterococcus faecalis …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the bactericidal efficacy of photodynamic therapy, 2.5% sodium hypochlorite, and 2% chlorhexidine against Enterococcous faecalis in root …

S Vaziri, A Kangarlou, R Shahbazi… - Dental research …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Enterococcus faecalis has been widely used as a valuable microbiological
pathogen for in vitro studies due to its ability to successfully colonize the root canal in a …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of photodynamic therapy using a diode laser and different photosensitizers against enterococcus faecalis

EJ Silva, WP Coutinho-Filho, AO Andrade… - Acta Odontológica …, 2014 - SciELO Argentina
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proven to be effective in disinfecting root canals. The
aim of this present study was to evaluate the effects of PDT on the viability of Enterococcus …

Effects of photodynamic therapy, 2 % chlorhexidine, triantibiotic mixture, propolis and ozone on root canals experimentally infected with Enterococcus faecalis: an in …

F Camacho-Alonso, P Salmerón-Lozano… - Odontology, 2017 - Springer
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT),
2% chlorhexidine (CHX). The teeth were contaminated with 0.1 mL Enterococcus faecalis …