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ArticleMicroorganisms2025

Zirconium Dental Implants as Potential Optical Waveguides in Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacterial Biofilms-A Pilot Study.

Kolja Lehmann, Gabor Kadler, Alexander Kalyanov, Tiziano A Schweizer, Heinrich Walt, Harald Essig

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Article in Microorganisms, 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. Green Synthesis of Zirconium Dioxide Nanoparticles UsingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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6 authors.

Kolja LehmannDepartment of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Gabor KadlerDepartment of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8159-8945
Alexander KalyanovBiomedical Optics Research Laboratory, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0246-6942
Tiziano A SchweizerDepartment of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Heinrich WaltDepartment of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Harald EssigDepartment of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1307-0599

Funding

University Hospital of Zurich INOV00149 (TAS)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients with predisposing risk factors, bacterial colonization of dental implants can lead to periimplantitis (PI). Established individual treatment protocols can be effective, but antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and biofilm formation may impede successful treatment, therefore requiring surgical intervention. Photodynamic Inactivation (PDI) combined with optical waveguides could eradicate such pathogens without the risk of new AMR emergence and reduce the need for surgery. In this pilot study, we investigated the waveguiding function of light-transmitting zirconium dioxide (ZrO

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biofilmOne Health approachperiimplantitisphotodynamic inactivation (PDI)Staphylococcus epidermidistitanium dental implantszirconium dental implants

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PMID40284686
PMCPMC12029833

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