1Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER
2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER
3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER
4Consultant Maxillofacial Radiologist, Venkateshwara Diagnostics, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Sankar Narayanan R. MDS., Senior lecturer, Department of oral medicine and radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Velachery main road, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai-100. Phone no: 9884464135. EMAIL: sankarnarayananbds@gmail.com
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves utilization of a photoactive dye(photosensitizer), which gets activated upon irradiation of light to aspecific wavelength in the presence of oxygen leading to the generation of free radicals, which eventually destroys the targeted cell. Applications of PDT in dentistry are growing rapidly: the treatment oforal cancer, bacterial and fungal infection therapies, andthe photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) of the malignanttransformation of oral lesions. PDT has shown good potential inthe treatment of oral leukoplakia, oral lichen planus, andhead and neck cancer. Photodynamic antimicrobialchemotherapy (PACT) has been efficacious in thetreatment of bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viralinfections.
Photosensitizer, Lasers and Head & Neck Cancers
