Photodynamic Therapy and Periodontology
Author(s) -
Ali Jawad Mohammed Ali,
Saif S. Saliem
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of baghdad college of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1680-0087
DOI - 10.12816/0028224
Subject(s) - periodontology , medicine , dentistry , photodynamic therapy , medical physics , chemistry , organic chemistry
review highlights the importance of photodynamic therapy in periodontolog y. It can be confirmed that the photodynamic therapy as adjunct to classical scaling and root planing can be recommended as treatment option, which can by no means replace the classical therapy concepts. But even over an observation period of six months a slightly higher improvement of the clinical parameters was achieved than with SRP alone. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2016;
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