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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laser Phys. 2016 Nov 9;26(12):123001. doi: 10.1088/1054-660X/26/12/123001

Table 1.

Main PSs used in dentistry.

PS Properties Authors
Methylene blue (MB)
graphic file with name nihms887766t1.jpg 		Antimicrobial activity against dental biofilm and planktonic cells Fontana et al [53]
Toluidine blue
graphic file with name nihms887766t2.jpg 		Antimicrobial activity by PDT in supragingival biofilms Qin et al [50]
Curcumin
graphic file with name nihms887766t3.jpg 		Antimicrobial activity by PDT against biofilms and planktonic forms of C. albicans, Candida tropicalis and Candida glabrata Dovigo et al [21]
Rose bengal
graphic file with name nihms887766t4.jpg 		Antibiofilm polymeric chitosan nanoparticles with rose bengal. against Enterococcus Faecalis Shrestha et al [46]
Chlorin(e6)
graphic file with name nihms887766t5.jpg 		Antibacterial effects against periodontal bacteria Pfitzner et al [9]