Curcumin-mediated Photodynamic Therapy for the treatment of oral infections —A review

The combination of chemical substances and light is attributed to Oscar Raab in 1900, which accidentally promoted protozoan killing after a photo biological reaction that was later found to be an oxygen-dependent phenomenon [1]. However, investigations on the antimicrobial efficacy of the so-called ‘photodynamic therapy’ progressively decreased with the advent of antibiotics in 1928.
Source: Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy - Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research