Indocyanine green-mediated photothermal therapy in treatment of chronic periodontitis: A clinico-microbiological study

• Main Authors: Chetan Purushottam Raut (Author), Kunal Sunder Sethi (Author), Bhagyashree Rajendra Kohale (Author), Alefiya Mamajiwala (Author), Ayushya Warang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has developed as an alternative treatment modality in periodontitis patients. Different photosensitizers used over the years have shown contradictory results. Thus, recently indocyanine green (ICG)-mediated photothermal therapy has emerged for the treatment of...