Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1463-1466 , September 2010

Photodynamic Therapy Associated with Conventional Endodontic Treatment in Patients with Antibiotic-resistant Microflora: A Preliminary Report

  • Aguinaldo S. Garcez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to Dr Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Sao Leopoldo Mandic University, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Silvia C. Nuñez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CETAO, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Michael R. Hamblim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Hideo Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Martha S. Ribeiro, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Lasers and Applications, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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PII: S0099-2399(10)00504-2

doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.06.001

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1463-1466 , September 2010

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