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Prospects for Photodynamic Therapy in Dentistry

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Finding the right match of sensitizer and wavelength helps propel treatments.

Dr. Krystyna Konopka, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, and Dr. Tomasz Goslinski, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the use of a photosensitizer that is activated by illumination in the presence of oxygen. The exposure of the photosensitizer to light results in the formation of toxic oxygen species, thereby causing localized photodamage and cell death. Applications of the technique in dentistry may include photodynamic diagnosis of malignant transformation of oral lesions, treatment of premalignant and malignant oral lesions, and chemotherapy (PACT) of bacterial and fungal infections. Photodynamic therapy already has shown potential in the treatment of oral leukoplakia,...Read full article

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    Published: July 2008
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    photodynamic therapy
    A medical technology that uses lasers or other light sources in combination with photosensitizing drugs to treat cancerous tumors.
    photosensitizer
    A substance that increases a material's sensitivity to electromagnetic irradiation. In photodynamic therapy, a drug used to render a target tissue sensitive to laser light.
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