Photodynamic Therapy in Endodontics: A Helpful Tool to Combat Antibiotic Resistance? A Literature Review.

Haitham Abdelkarim-ElafifiIsabel Parada-AvendañoJosep Arnabat-Dominguez

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

The benefits of aPDT in reducing complications due to its antibacterial effects means a possible decrease in systemic antibiotic prescription in endodontics. In addition, it could be an alternative to local intracanal antibiotic therapy, avoiding the appearance of possible antibiotic resistance, as no bacterial resistance with aPDT has been described to date.

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