Photodynamic effects of toluidine blue on human oral keratinocytes and fibroblasts and Streptococcus sanguis evaluated in vitro

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Soukos, Nikolaos S ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a   Burns, Tracy ^a   Speight, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteria; lasers; lethal photosensitization; periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBROBLAST; GINGIVA; HELIUM NEON LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; GINGIVA; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0029978860     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:3<253::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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