Effects of photodynamic therapy on Enterococcus faecalis biofilms

Photosensitizing Agents Dermatology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Disinfection Methylene Blue 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Photochemotherapy Biofilms Enterococcus faecalis Humans Surgery Original Article Tolonium Chloride Lasers, Semiconductor
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-015-1749-y Publication Date: 2015-04-27T11:04:19Z
ABSTRACT
Microbial biofilms are involved in almost all infectious pathologies of the oral cavity. This has led to the search for novel therapies specifically aimed at biofilm elimination. In this study, we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to visualize injuries and to determine surface roughness, as well as confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to enumerate live and dead bacterial cells, to determine the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on Enterococcus faecalis biofilms. The AFM images showed that PDT consisting of methylene blue and a 670-nm diode laser (output power 280 mW during 30 s) or toluidine blue and a 628-nm LED light (output power 1000 mW during 30 s) induced severe damage, including cell lysis, to E. faecalis biofilms, with the former also causing an important increase in surface roughness. These observations were confirmed by the increase in dead cells determined using CLSM. Our results highlight the potential of PDT as a promising method to achieve successful oral disinfection.
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