Effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Using Indocyanine Green Doped with Chitosan Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation-Related Gene Expression of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

• Main Authors: Mehdi Rostami rad (Author), Maryam Pourhajibagher (Author), Amir Reza Rokn (Author), Hamid Reza Barikani (Author), Abbas Bahador (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Eradication of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. action-mycetemcomitans), as an opportunistic periodontopathogen, and inhibition of its virulence factor expression require a new adjunctive therapeutic method. In this study, we accessed the expression level of rcpA gene, as a viru...