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Case Reports
. 2020 Summer;11(3):355-360.
doi: 10.34172/jlms.2020.57. Epub 2020 Jun 21.

The Use of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy to Maintain a Hopeless Tooth With a PeriodonticEndodontic Lesion: A Case Report

Nahid Derikvand  1 , Masoud Hatami  2 , Nasim Chiniforush  3 , Seyedeh Sara Ghasemi  4
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The Use of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy to Maintain a Hopeless Tooth With a PeriodonticEndodontic Lesion: A Case Report

Nahid Derikvand et al. J Lasers Med Sci. 2020 Summer.

Abstract

Background: In spite of some advances in periodontal generative methods, it is impossible to stop progressive Loss of supporting alveolar bone in some end-stage periodontitis. The aim of this study is to report a kind of treatment modality which was seemed to be successes full in maintaining teeth. In this case-report, a hopeless tooth was saved by combined non-surgical periodontalendodontal treatment and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). Case Report: A 58-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of pain and mobility of tooth number 38. Clinical examinations revealed a periodontic-endodontic lesion with clinical attachment loss exceeding 10 mm and grade III mobility. To preserve the tooth, we operated nonsurgical periodontal treatment including scaling and root planning (SRP) plus root canal therapy (RCT) combined with intra-root canal non-aPDT laser decontamination. Then we applied laser pocket therapy with and without aPDT. Following 6 months of the aPDT treatment, the mobility and pocket depth of the tooth improved from grade III to I and from 10 to 3 millimeters respectively. Conclusion: aPDT is a novel adjunctive therapy that can be used for various conditions with microbial etiology. This case report demonstrated that aPDT might be effective in the treatment of periodontic-endodontic lesions in a hopeless tooth.

Keywords: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; Diode laser; Furcation involvement; Periodontic-endodontic lesion; Periodontitis.

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