Susceptibility of planktonic cultures of Streptococcus mutans to photodynamic therapy with a light-emitting diode

• Main Authors: Anna Carolina Borges Pereira a Costa (Author), José Chibebe Junior (Author), Cristiane Aparecida Pereira (Author), Ana Karina da Silva Machado (Author), Milton Beltrame Junior (Author), Juliana Campos Junqueira (Author), Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The 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), were used. Suspensions...