photodynamic therapy

The use of diffuse laser photonic energy and indocyanine green photosensitiser as an adjunct to periodontal therapy.

The use of diffuse laser photonic energy and indocyanine green photosensitiser as an adjunct to periodontal therapy.

Light-activated chemical therapy – generally known as photodynamic therapy (PDT) – has been developed within medicine, to allow the use of an applied agent (photosensitiser) that could be activated using laser photonic energy, leading to the destruction of target cellular structures. In clinical dentistry, PDT has been utilised within a wide scope of topical application…