Month: June 2013

Effective in controlling of harmful microorganisms and minimally invasive surgery, photodynamic in dentistry is the subject of a pioneering book on the technique that has revolutionized the dental treatment.< span id = "more-14481" > for the first time in the world a book brings together expertise on related to dentistry: Photodynamic therapy PDT antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy in dentistry (Publisher Elsevier). Edited by specialists in Dras. Silvia Nunez and Martha Ribeiro and Dr. Aguinaldo Gabbi, and with the collaboration of researchers featured in the national and international scene, the work deals with the technique that can lead to modern dentistry to expand your horizons, to reduce the use of antibiotics and invasive procedures and increase the efficiency of conventional decontamination techniques. Photodynamic therapy PDT – (which stands for Photodynamic Therapy) – consists of the application of a non-toxic infected area photosensitizer, activated by a suitable light source leading to local cleaning lit. Bacteria, fungi and viruses are exterminated, without need of oral medication and completely painless. So far there are no records of resistance to mechanism of action or induction to the selection of resistant microorganisms. according to co-author Silvia Nunez, doctor of dental surgery, the search for alternatives to combat harmful microorganisms to the body is in full rise because increasing the resistance of some of these microbes to antibiotics. PDT antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy in dentistry depicts this reality,...