Repeated Home-Applied Dual-Light Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy Can Reduce Plaque Burden, Inflammation, and aMMP-8 in Peri-Implant Disease—A Pilot Study

Repeated Home-Applied Dual-Light Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy Can Reduce Plaque Burden, Inflammation, and aMMP-8 in Peri-Implant Disease—A Pilot Study

Until now, in clinical dentistry, antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been restricted to in-office treatments, which hampers repeated applications. This pilot study tested the benefit of a commercially available Lumoral<sup>®</sup> device designed for regular periodontal dual-l...

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Main Authors: Hanna Lähteenmäki, Tommi Pätilä, Ismo T. Räisänen, Esko Kankuri, Taina Tervahartiala, Timo Sorsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Subjects:
antibacterial photodynamic therapy
aMMP-8
oral hygiene
peri-implant disease
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/44/3/85

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