What is a photodynamic therapy?
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a two-stage treatment that combines light energy with a dye and tolonium chloride designed to help in oral diseases after light activation. Tolonium chloride is activated by a specific wavelength of light energy from a laser.
PDT helps in inflammation oral diseases like:
- Periodontitic diseases;
- Periimplantitis;
- Caries;
- Herpes;
- Alveolitis.
What are the results?
It kills bacteria that destroys the biofilm and cell walls. Reduces the bacterial virulence and stimulates the regeneration of tissue and collagen growth. 99% of the bacteria is killed within a twenty-second therapy.