Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a fundamental tool in modern
therapeutics, notably due to the expanding versatility of photosensitizers (PSs) and the …

Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms has gained substantial attention due to its
unique mode of action, in which pathogens are unable to generate resistance, and due to …

Oral diseases such as tooth caries, periodontal diseases, endodontic infections, etc., are
prevalent worldwide. The heavy burden of oral infectious diseases and their consequences …

Antimicrobial resistance is threatening to overshadow last century's medical advances.
Previously eradicated infectious diseases are now resurgent as multi-drug resistant strains …

Due to the globally observed increase in antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens and the
simultaneous decline in new antibiotic developments, the need for alternative inactivation …

Periodontal diseases are worldwide health problems that negatively affect the lifestyle of
many people. The long-term effect of the classical treatments, including the mechanical …

Background Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is a treatment to deal with
microorganisms, which is limited to treating microbial biofilms due to poor light penetration …

This study aimed to focus on the simultaneous use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
(aPDT) and sonodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (SACT), which is called photo …

Background Indocyanine green (ICG) doped with nano-curcumin (N-CUR) can increase
photosensitivity in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). Since metformin (Met) …

Aiming at high drug loading and controlled drug release in chitosan nanocarriers, this work
constructed the photothermal sensitive carboxymethyl chitosan nanospheres carrier by …