Open AccessThe effect of indocyanine green-mediated photodynamic therapy as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: A comparative split-mouth randomized clinical trial
Author(s) -
Saurabh Hemant Shingnapurkar,
Dipika Mitra,
Mitali Suresh Kadav,
Rohit Shah,
Silvia Rodrigues,
Saurabh Prithyani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.199598
Subject(s) - scaling and root planing , medicine , chronic periodontitis , photodynamic therapy , indocyanine green , dentistry , periodontitis , randomized controlled trial , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of adjunctive photodynamic therapy (PDT) (using 810 nm diode laser and Indocyanine green as photosensitizer) in chronic periodontitis.