| Thursday, 11 March 2004 | ||||||||
| 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Hawaii Convention Center 311, Lunch and Learning | ||||||||
| Photodynamic Therapy of Infectious Diseases: Prospects for Controlling Periodontal Biofilms | ||||||||
Sponsored by: Periodontal Research | ||||||||
| Description: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a non-toxic dye (termed a photosensitizer) and visible light, which, in the presence of oxygen, produce cytotoxic species. All the available evidence suggests that PDT can kill multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including oral species in biofilms, without development of bacterial resistance | ||||||||
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