Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic antimicrobial therapy in an in situ model of dentine caries.

JP, Lima; de Melo MA, Sampaio; FM, Borges; AH, Teixeira; C, Steiner-Oliveira; Dos Santos M, Nobre; LK, Rodrigues; LK, Rodrigues; IC, Zanin

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00662.x

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Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic antimicrobial therapy in an in situ model of dentine caries.

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Lima JP

Sampaio de Melo MA

Borges FM

Abstract

Photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (PACT) promotes bacterial death as a result of the photosensitization of microbial components. This study evaluated the effect of PACT on dentine caries produced in situ. Over the course of 14 d, 20 volunteers wore intra-oral devices containing human dentine slabs ...

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