Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy combined with conventional endodontic treatment to eliminate root canal biofilm infection
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy combined with conventional endodontic treatment to eliminate root canal biofilm infection
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DOI:
10.1002/lsm.20415
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Hamblin, Michael R.
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作者:
Garcez, Aguinaldo S.;Ribeiro, Martha S.;Hamblin, Michael R.
Background and Objective: To compare the effectiveness of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT), standard endodontic treatment and the combined treatment to eliminate bacterial biofilms present in infected root canals.Study Design/Materials and Methods: Ten single-rooted freshly extracted human teeth were inoculated with stable bioluminescent Gram-negative bacteria, Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to form 3-day biofilms in prepared root canals. Biolumineseence imaging was used to serially quantify bacterial burdens. PDT employed a conjugate between polyethylenimine and chlorin(e6) as the photosensitizer (PS) and 660-nm diode laser light delivered into the root canal via a 200-mu fiber, and this was compared and combined with standard endodontie treatment using mechanical debridement and antiseptic irrigation.Results: Endodontic therapy alone reduced bacterial bioluminescence by 90% while PDT alone reduced bioluminescence by 95%. The combination reduced bioluminescence by >98%, and importantly the bacterial regrowth observed 24 hours after treatment was much less for the combination (P < 0.0005) than for either single treatment.Conclusions: Bioluminescence imaging is an efficient way to monitor endodontic therapy. Antimicrobial PDT may have a role to play in optimized endodontic therapy.