Antimicrobial effect of photodynamic therapy using erythrosine/methylene blue combination on Streptococcus mutans biofilm

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an effective and promising alternative for the treatment of several clinical conditions such as cancer of the lung, head, neck, breast and skin [1,2,3,4], macular degeneration and other ophthalmological diseases [5]. In dentistry, PDT, also known as photodynamic inactivation or antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), has been used in the diagnosis of malignant oral lesions, treatment of oral cancer, as well as the inactivation of microorganisms in bacterial or fungal infections [6].

Source: Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy - May 12, 2018 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: La íse Midori Tokubo, Pedro Luiz Rosalen, Janaina de Cássia Orlandi Sardi, Irlan Almeida Freires, Mitsue Fujimaki, Josely Emiko Umeda, Patricia Magalhães Barbosa, Gabriela Ortolan Tecchio, Noboru Hioka, Camila Fabiano de Freitas, Raquel Sano Suga Terad Source Type: research