Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of aggressive periodontitis: a systematic review
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Chatzopoulos, Georgios S.; Doufexi, Aikaterini
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Aquest document és un/a article, creat/da en: 2016
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Background: Aggressive periodontitis (AgP) is a severe form of periodontal diseases with rapid destruction of the
supporting bone around teeth. The efficacy of PDT in suppressing periodontal pathogens may be crucial in adopting
new protocols for the treatment of AgP. Thus, the aim of this systematic review was to investigate the possible
role of PDT in the treatment of AgP as an adjunctive therapy or monotherapy.
Material and Methods: A systematic search of the literature was performed. Additionally, the references from all
the selected full-text studies were searched for relevant articles. Two reviewers screened independently titles and
abstracts or full text copies. Quality assessment of all the included studies was held.
Results: Initial screening of electronic databases yielded 418 potentially relevant publications. After screening of
the titles and full-text examination, five studies were included in the systematic review. Four publications evaluated
the effects of PDT adjunctive to SRP in patients with AgP: two of them compared the clinical outcomes of
SRP and PDT with a control group that received therapy with SRP and antibiotics (metronidazole and amoxicillin);
two publications included SRP and PDT in the test group, and SRP alone in the control group. In one study,
PDT was tested as a monotherapy compared with SRP alone.
Conclusions: Within the limitations of this review, PDT may exhibit a beneficial role in the therapy of aggressive
periodontitis after repeated applications. In the future, more methodologically sound, long-term randomized clinical
trials are needed to be conducted
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