Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy using indocyanine green as a photosensitizer in treatment of chronic periodontitis: A clinico-microbial study
Author(s) -
ChetanP Raut,
KunalS Sethi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
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/ijdr.ijdr_14_17
Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , medicine , indocyanine green , chronic periodontitis , photosensitizer , periodontitis , dentistry , antimicrobial , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has gained much attention in recent years in the treatment of periodontitis. Number of photosensitizer have been developed and has been used in various clinical studies. However, the use of recently developed photosensitizer has been limited.
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