Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry (Jun 2016)

Photodynamic Therapy and Periodontology

  • Ali J Ali,
  • Saif S Saliem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12816/0028224
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 2

Abstract

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This review highlights the importance of photodynamic therapy in periodontology. It can be confirmed that the photodynamic therapy as adjunct to classical scaling and root planing can be recommended as treatment option, which can by no means replace the classical therapy concepts. But even over an observation period of six months a slightly higher improvement of the clinical parameters was achieved than with SRP alone.