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metadata.dc.type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy combined with conventional endodontic treatment to eliminate root canal biofilm infection
Authors: Garcez, Aguinaldo Silva
Ribeiro, Martha S.
Tegos, George
Nunez, Silvia Cristina
Jorge, Antonio Olavo Cardoso
Hamblin, Michael
Abstract: Background and Objective: To compare the effectiveness of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT), standard endodontic treatment and the combined treatment to eliminate bacterial biofilms present in infected root canals. Study Design/Materials and Methods: Ten single-rooted freshly extracted human teeth were inoculated with stable bioluminescent Gram-negative bacteria, Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to form 3-day biofilms in prepared root canals. Biolumineseence imaging was used to serially quantify bacterial burdens. PDT employed a conjugate between polyethylenimine and chlorin(e6) as the photosensitizer (PS) and 660-nm diode laser light delivered into the root canal via a 200-mu fiber, and this was compared and combined with standard endodontie treatment using mechanical debridement and antiseptic irrigation. Results: Endodontic therapy alone reduced bacterial bioluminescence by 90% while PDT alone reduced bioluminescence by 95%. The combination reduced bioluminescence by >98%, and importantly the bacterial regrowth observed 24 hours after treatment was much less for the combination (P < 0.0005) than for either single treatment. Conclusions: Bioluminescence imaging is an efficient way to monitor endodontic therapy. Antimicrobial PDT may have a role to play in optimized endodontic therapy.
metadata.dc.language: Inglês
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Estados Unidos
Publisher: Wiley
metadata.dc.rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1002/lsm.20415
URI: http://repositorio.unitau.br/jspui/handle/20.500.11874/2530
Issue Date: 2007
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