Photodynamic therapy is a well-established and clinically approved treatment for several types of cancer. Antineoplastic photodynamic therapy is based on photosensitizers, i.e., drugs that absorb photons translating light energy into a chemical potential that damages tumor tissue...
Ver documentoThe photodynamic therapy involves delivering visible light of the appropriate wavelength into a tissue or microorganism previously exposed to a photo-sensitive dye. Its use is widely spread between neoplastic and infeccious diseases. Nevertheless, its effects upon wound healing h...
Ver documentoAn insight as to how photodynamic therapy might play a role in new therapeutic armamentarium...
Ver documentoPhotodynamic therapy has been described as an effective therapeutic option in selected cases of anogenital lichen sclerosus that are refractory to first-line treatments. However, procedure-related pain is a limiting factor in patient ...
Ver documentoABSTRACT Daylight photodynamic therapy has been used in countries with high latitudes during the summer for actinic keratoses treatment with reports of similar efficacy to conventional photodynamic therapy. We evaluate its safety in 20 patients in the city of Fortaleza, a local w...
Ver documentoAbstract: BACKGROUND: Most available studies on the efficacy of topical photodynamic therapy focus on short-to medium-term results. Long-term data are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of photodynamic therapy with topical methylaminolevulinate to treat Bowen...
Ver documentoThe present work studies the dyes Methylene Blue, Toluidine Blue, Eosin Y, Erytrosin B, Fluorescein and Rose Bengal using quantum-chemical calculations, aiming to propose an appropriate Density Functional Theory-based methodology and to understand the mechanisms of action of thos...
Ver documentoAbstract: BACKGROUND: Dermatophytes are filamentous keratinophilic fungi. Trichophyton rubrum is a prevalent infectious agent in tineas and other skin diseases. Drug therapy is considered to be limited in the treatment of such infections, mainly due to low accessibility of the d...
Ver documentoPoikiloderma of Civatte (PC) is the dermatological modification characterized by atrophy, macular or reticulate pigmentation and telangiectasias on the face, neck and anterior thorax. Several treatment attempts were unsuccessful, revealing to be ineffective and/or causing adverse...
Ver documentoAbstract Objective: To evaluate the postoperative pain at different times after endodontic treatment with and without the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) of asymptomatic teeth with apical periodontitis. Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional randomized clinical trial, ...
Ver documentoPhotodynamic inactivation utilizing proflavine and light was quantitatively compared with the therapeutic antiviral effect of iodo-deoxyuridine in experimental herpetic keratitis in the rabbit. This rabbit model, which has been shown to be highly predictive for antiviral therapy ...
Ver documentoDenture stomatitis is pathological condition in complete or partial denture wearers caused by Candida spp. In the present, the major concern is to promote a proper health condition. Thus, many hygiene methods and treatments for elimination of Candida have been studied. The incide...
Ver documentoThe determination of light distribution within biological tissues is important for applications such as photodynamic therapy and photodiagnostics. Most applications use light that reaches the tissue surface and propagates along the depth. The combination of absorption and scatter...
Ver documentoAbstractBACKGROUND:Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails caused in most cases by dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Despite numerous available antifungal drugs for therapy of this infection, the cure rate is low, with high rates of relap...
Ver documentoThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with erythrosine and rose bengal using a light-emitting diode (LED) on planktonic cultures of S. mutans. Ten S. mutans strains, including nine clinical strains and one reference strain (ATCC 35688), we...
Ver documentoAbstract This study was conducted to assess the clinical effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the decontamination of the deep dentin of deciduous molars submitted to partial removal of carious tissue. After cavity preparation, dentin samples were taken from the pulp wall of ni...
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