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The efficacy of photonic therapy adjunctive to conventional root cleansing procedures for the treatment of chronic periodontitis is matter of controversy. The meta-analyses of the clinical data available in the literature have failed to reach univocal conclusions because of broad variability among the applied photonic treatments, different in terms of light-emitting devices (laser or LED), wavelengths, irradiation power and modes, clinical indications, disease grading, follow-up times, and results assessment. Hovever, this complexity can also favour a different interpretation, which assigns a specific role to each photonic treatments in order to improve the outcome of the conventional treatments, in terms of reduction of periodontopathogenic bacteria and local inflammation, and increased regeneration of alveolar bone, periodontal ligament and gingiva. In this context, distinction should be made between high- and low-energy photonic therapies: the former can be used to achieve photoablation of the infected dental/periodontal tissues, while the latter can be used for anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and tissue biostimulation purposes. Recently, we and others have applied a multi-photonic protocol which combines laser photoablation of the infected epithelium, standard mechanical root cleansing and low-energy antiseptic phototherapy with a λ 405 nm LED in a first surgical session. Then, antisepsis is maintained by weekly sessions of photodynamic therapy with a solution of methylene blue photoactivated with a λ 635 nm low-energy laser to release bactericidal reactive oxygen species. The satisfactory objective results and patients’ liking support the view that such multi-photonic treatments are a correct approach to supportive periodontal therapy.
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Abbreviations
- BODIPY:
-
boron dipyrromethene
- iPAPD:
-
improved PAPD
- LED:
-
light-emitting diode
- LLLT:
-
low-level laser therapy
- PAPD:
-
photo-ablative-photo-dynamic
- PBMT:
-
photobiomodulation (or biostimulation) therapy
- PDT:
-
photodynamic therapy
- PT:
-
phototherapy
- ROS:
-
reactive oxygen species
- SRP :
-
scaling and planing of dental roots
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Giannelli, M., Bani, D. (2022). Multi-photonic Adjunctive Therapy for the Management of Periodontitis: Recent Advances and New Treatment Approach. In: Santi-Rocca, J. (eds) Periodontitis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96881-6_18
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