Photodynamic Therapy in Paediatric Dentistry

ISBN-13: 9786202053778 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str.

Dishika Ishwar Bhagwani; Arunkumar Sajjanar; Pratima Kolekar

Opis

Conservation of deciduous teeth with pulp alterations caused by caries and trauma is a major therapeutic challenge in pediatric dentistry as a result of the internal anatomy and life cycle characteristic. It is essential that the root canal procedures sanitizers have a performance in eliminating bacterial. In this context, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PAT) is promising and emerging as adjuvant therapy in an attempt to eliminate the microorganisms persistent to chemo-mechanical preparation. Since there is presence of oxygen in cells, photosensitizer activated by light can react with molecules in its vicinity by electrons' or hydrogen's transfer, leading to microorganism death.

O autorze

Bhagwani, Dishika IshwarI, Dr. Dishika Ishwar Bhagwani, currently working as Pediatric Dentist in Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, under the guidance of Prof. Arunkumar Sajjanar