Elimination of bacteria on different implant surfaces through photosensitization and soft laser: An in vitro study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-254

  Haas, Robert ^a   Dörtbudak, Orhun ^a   Mensdorff Pouilly, Nikoletta ^a   Mailath, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lethal photosensitization; Peri implantitis; Periodontal pathogens; Soft laser

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TITANIUM; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; IMPLANT; LASER; MICROBIOLOGY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; TITANIUM; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031197228     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0501.1997.080401.x     Document Type: Article

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