Susceptibility of planktonic cultures of Streptococcus mutans to photodynamic therapy with a light-emitting diode

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with erythrosine and rose bengal using a light-emitting diode (LED) on planktonic cultures of S. mutans. Ten S. mutans strains, including nine clinical strains and one reference strain (ATCC 35688), were used. Suspensions...

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Published in:	Brazilian Oral Research
Main Authors:	Anna Carolina Borges Pereira a Costa, José Chibebe Junior, Cristiane Aparecida Pereira, Ana Karina da Silva Machado, Milton Beltrame Junior, Juliana Campos Junqueira, Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2010-12-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus mutans Photochemotherapy Rose Bengal Erythrosine
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242010000400007