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Laser therapy: physico-chemical properties and assessment of market potential of natural photosensitizers

L. M. RUSU1, R. CHIFOR1, M. MOLDOVAN2, S. SAVA3, A. VIGU3, A. ISPAS4, M. E. BADEA1, I. C. CHIS5, A. F. BADEA6,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, „Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  2. Department of Polymer Composites, „Raluca Ripan” Chemistry Research Institute, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  3. Department of Dental Materials and Ergonomics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  4. Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  5. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  6. Department, of Anatomy And Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

Laser therapy has proven to be a method to increase the efficiency, specificity, comfort of dental treatment. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown to have a strong antimicrobial effect. The objective of this study is to test the market receptivity to the use of a natural experimental photosensitizing agents and their physico-chemical properties in the control of microbial biofilm of the oral cavity. A questionnaire of 11 questions was developed, which was distributed to a sample of 100 subjects for testing in order to complete it. Analyzing the answers, there is a high receptivity of doctors to use photodynamic therapy in all dental branches as antimicrobial therapy in the presence of a natural agent revealer instead of a chemical revelator. Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used as an analytical technique to confirm the structure of the prepared gels, respectively to investigate the interaction between the components of the synthesized samples and also the UV-Vis analysis of the experimental revelators to indicate their maximum absorbance.

Keywords

Laser therapy, Photodynamic therapy, Market study, Photosensitizer, Natural revelator.

Submitted at: Oct. 31, 2018
Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2018

Citation

L. M. RUSU, R. CHIFOR, M. MOLDOVAN, S. SAVA, A. VIGU, A. ISPAS, M. E. BADEA, I. C. CHIS, A. F. BADEA, Laser therapy: physico-chemical properties and assessment of market potential of natural photosensitizers, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 20, Iss. 11-12, pp. 707-712 (2018)