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ArticleLasers in medical science2025

Comparison of the effects of continuous and pulsed blue light for reduction of Enterococcus faecalis biofilms.

Emad Kosarieh, Sahar Sattari Khavas, Nasim Chiniforush, Shima Afrasiabi

Abstract readComparative Study
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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emad KosariehDepartment of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Sahar Sattari KhavasDepartment of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Nasim ChiniforushDentofacial Deformities Research Center, Research Institute for Dental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nasimch2002@yahoo.com.
Shima AfrasiabiLaser Research Center of Dentistry, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. shafrasiabi@sina.tums.ac.ir.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mature biofilms exhibited minimal antimicrobial susceptibility. This study compares the decontamination effect of 450 nm continuous wave (CW) and pulsed wave (PW) blue diode laser with two different photosensitizers (curcumin and riboflavin) against mature Enterococcus faecalis biofilm model. Four irradiation parameter sets A (CW, peak power 0.4 W, and average fluence of 24 J/cm

Indexed as

BiofilmsEnterococcus faecalisLasers, SemiconductorBlue LightCurcuminHumansPhotosensitizing AgentsRiboflavinCurcuminPhotosensitizing AgentsRiboflavinAntimicrobial photodynamic therapyBiofilmsBlue diode laserEnterococcus faecalisPulsed irradiation

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PMID41021085

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