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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

SWEEPS-Assisted Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy Against Dual-Species Biofilms in Mandibular Molars: An In Vitro Study.

Pargol Guity, Shima Afrasiabi, Ali Shahi Ardakani, Stefano Benedicenti, Antonio Signore, Nasim Chiniforush, Kiumars Nazari Moghaddam

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pargol GuityDepartment of Endodontics, Dental School, Shahed University, Tehran 3319118651, Iran.
Shima AfrasiabiLaser Research Center of Dentistry, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8341-123X
Ali Shahi ArdakaniLaser Research Center of Dentistry, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran.
Stefano BenedicentiDepartment of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1302-3079
Antonio SignoreTherapeutic Dentistry Department, Institute of Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya Str. 8, b. 2, 119992 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-2957-8802
Nasim ChiniforushDepartment of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3490-170X
Kiumars Nazari MoghaddamDepartment of Endodontics, Dental School, Shahed University, Tehran 3319118651, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

antimicrobial photodynamic therapydual-species biofilmsmandibular molarsnatural photosensitizerroot canal therapySWEEPStooth color change

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PMID40283993
PMCPMC12030513

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