Efficacy of an LED toothbrush on a Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilm on a sandblasted and acid-etched titanium surface: an in vitro study.

Hae Lee Young-Tak Son Heung-Sik Um Beom-Seok Chang Si Young Lee Jae-Kwan Lee

Published in: Journal of periodontal & implant science (2018)

The findings suggest that an LED toothbrush with erythrosine treatment was more effective than a commercial PDT kit in reducing the number of P. gingivalis cells attached to surface-modified titanium in vitro.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
pseudomonas aeruginosa
cell cycle arrest
staphylococcus aureus
photodynamic therapy
candida albicans
endoplasmic reticulum stress
oxidative stress
biofilm formation
cell proliferation
cell death
cystic fibrosis
escherichia coli