Inhibitory Effects of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy with Curcumin on Biofilm-Associated Gene Expression Profile of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

• Main Authors: Maryam Pourhajibagher (Author), Nasim Chiniforush (Author), Abbas Monzavi (Author), Hamidreza Barikani (Author), Mohammad Moein Monzavi (Author), Shaghayegh Sobhani (Author), Sima Shahbi (Author), Abbas Bahador (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Periodontitis is an inflammation of periodontal tissues that is caused by the biofilm of periodontal pathogens. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. actinomycetemcomitans) is an opportunistic periodontopathogen that can be the cause of periodontal diseases via fimbriae as a virulenc...