Photodynamic inactivation of Enterococcus faecalis in dental root canals in vitro

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 782-787

  Foschi, Federico ^a   Fontana, Caria R ^a   Ruggiero, Karriann ^a   Riahi, Reza ^b   Vera, Antonio ^b   Doukas, Apostolos G ^c   Pagonis, Tom C ^b   Kent, Ralph ^a   Stashenko, Philip P ^a   Soukos, Nikolaos S ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Methylene blue; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGAR; METHYLENE BLUE; PORPHYRIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIODE LASER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIBER OPTICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION;

EID: 37549042804     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20579     Document Type: Article

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