Apical periodontitis, an inflammatory lesion causing bone resorption around the apex of
teeth, is treated by eradicating infectious bacteria from the root canal. However, it has a high …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been proposed as an adjunctive strategy
for periodontitis treatments. However, use of aPDT for periodontal treatment is complicated …

Objective: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is considered a promising adjunct to the currently
available endodontic disinfection techniques leading to more effective reduction of …

Background Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is a new treatment method for the
removal of infectious pathogens using a photosensitizer and light of a specific wavelength …

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 …

This study evaluated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) as an adjunct to
endodontic treatment. Ten uniradicular teeth (control group (CG)= 4 (2 and test group (TG) …

Background Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is used as an adjunct to
endodontic treatment to enhance microbial reduction in the root canal system. However …

Background/Aim: Enterococcus faecalis is responsible for most cases of endodontic
treatment failure. Despite various conventional disinfection methods, root canals are not …

We investigated the photodynamic effects of methylene blue on multispecies root canal
biofilms comprising Actinomyces israelii, Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies nucleatum …

Background Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an effective method for
eradicating bacteria in periodontal therapy. Standard aPDT requires the insertion of a laser …