Oral infection is a common clinical symptom. While antibiotics are widely employed as the
primary treatment for oral diseases, the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria has …

Immune modulation is a very modern medical field for targeting viral infections. In the race to
develop the best immune modulator against viruses, curcumin, as a natural product, is …

The rural developing world faces disproportional inequity in drinking water access, where
point-of-use water treatment technologies often fail to achieve adequate levels of pathogen …

Objective The photokilling rate in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) is highly
related to interaction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced, ability of photosensitizers …

Introduction This study evaluated the efficacy of photodynamic inactivation (PDI) with
hematoporphyrin IX (H) and modified hematoporphyrin IX (MH) at 10 μmol/L, using a blue …

This study aims to investigate the effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) using
a novel combination of sinoporphyrin sodium (DVDMS) and light-emitting diode (LED) with a …

Several types of phototherapy target human pathogens and Porphyromonas gingivitis (Pg)
in particular. The various approaches can be organized into five different treatment modes …

Background The search for new photosensitizers for application in photodynamic therapy
has quite a long history. In the past, a large number of potent photosensitizers were used in …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of a toothbrush
with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on periodontitis-associated dental biofilm attached to a …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of a newly devised
toothbrush with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on Porphyromonas gingivalis attached to …