Effect of low-level laser therapy on Candida albicans growth in patients with denture stomatitis

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-332

  Maver Biscanin, Mirela ^a,c   Mravak Stipetic, Marinka ^b   Jerolimov, Vjekoslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IRRADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

AGAR PLATES; DENTURE STOMATITIS; PALATAL INFLAMMATION; YEAST COLONIES;

LASERS;

ACRYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTURE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATE; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YEAST;

AGED; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; STOMATITIS, DENTURE;

EID: 21444436902     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.328     Document Type: Article

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