Review Article

Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy for Root Canal System Asepsis: A Narrative Literature Review

Table 4

PDT microbial reduction outcomes.

AuthorStudy typeMicroorganismsEfficacy
(% or log10)

Seal et al. 2002 [63]In vitroS. intermedius5 log10
Bonsor et al. 2006 [35, 73]In vivoPolymicrobial infected teeth96.7
Bonsor et al. 2006 [35, 73]In vivoPolymicrobial infected teeth91
Silva Garcez et al. 2006 [57]In vitroE. faecalis99.2
Garcez et al. 2007 [34]In vitroP. mirabilis and P. aeruginosa 98
Garcez et al. 2008 [58]In vivoPolymicrobial human dentine of the canal’s walls99.9
George and Kishen 2008 [59, 103]In vitro/ex vivoE. faecalis100
Lim et al. 2009 [77]Ex vivoE. faecalis99.99
Meire et al. 2009 [64]In vitro/ex vivoE. faecalis 1–1.5 log10
Souza et al. 2010 [65]In vitroE. faecalis99.48
Garcez et al. 2010 [74]In vivoPolymicrobial infected teeth100
Nagayoshi et al. 2011 [62]In vitroE. faecalis99.99
Ng et al. 2011 [78]Ex vivoHuman intracanal dentinal shavings70
Nunes et al. 2011 [66]In vitroE. faecalis99.41
Poggio et al. 2011 [67]In vitroS. mutans; E. faecalis, and S. sanguis 91.49
Rios et al. 2011 [68]In vitroE. faecalis 99.9
Bago et al. 2013 [79]Ex vivoE. faecalis99.99
Cheng et al. 2012 [69]In vitroE. faecalis96.96
Pileggi et al. 2013 [60]In vitroE. faecalis96.7
Stojicic et al. 2013 [5]Ex vivoE. faecalis100
Vaziri et al. 2012 [70]In vitroE. faecalis82.3%
Hecker et al. 2013 [80]Ex vivoE. faecalisNot specified
Prabhakar et al. 2013 [75]In vivoPolymicrobial infected teeth99.99
Bumb et al. 2014 [61]In vitroE. faecalis96.7
Gergova et al. 2015 [71]In vitroS. aureus; E. faecalis; S. pyogenes; S. intermedius; E. coli; K. pneumonia; E. cloacae; S. marcescens; M. morganii; P. aeruginosa;  A. baumannii; C. albicans42–54
Jurič et al. 2014 [76]In vivoPolymicrobial infected teeth100
Muhammad et al. 2014 [82]Ex vivoE. faecalis; S. salivarius; P. gingivalis; P. intermediaNot specified
Xhevdet et al. 2014 [81]Ex vivoE. faecalis and C. albicans71.59
Wang et al. 2015 [72]In vitroE. faecalis5.20 log10