Clinico-microbiological efficacy of indocyanine green as a novel photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy among patients with chronic periodontitis: A split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial

• Main Authors: Shaswata Karmakar (Author), Shobha Prakash (Author), Mahesh Jagadeson (Author), Arunkumar Namachivayam (Author), Dipanjan Das (Author), Sabourni Sarkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Conventional nonsurgical periodontal therapy, i.e., scaling and root planing (SRP), is not sufficient to completely eradicate the microorganisms present in dental plaque biofilm due to the incapability of instruments to reach the inaccessible areas of a tooth with anatomical variations. H...