Topical photodynamic therapy in the treatment of benign oral mucosal lesions: a systematic review.

alwin shared this article with you from Inoreader Topical photodynamic therapy in the treatment of benign oral mucosal lesions: a systematic review. Via pubmed j oral pathol med [... Related Articles Topical photodynamic therapy in the treatment of benign oral mucosal lesions: a systematic review. J Oral Pathol Med. 2020 Dec 13;: Authors: Romano A, Di Stasio D, Lauritano D, Lajolo C, Fiori F, Gentile E, Lucchese A Abstract BACKGROUND: The introduction of Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in various branches of the dental field such as endodontics, implantology, periodontology, and restorative dentistry and oral medicine has become useful in recent decades. This systematic review presents an overview of the literature to evaluate the usefulness of topical PDT for the treatment of benign oral soft tissue lesions and to identify limitations in prior studies to improve PDT applications. METHODS: We performed a review of the literature using different search engines (PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library) employing MeSH terms such as "Photodynamic therapy" and "PDT" in conjunction with other terms. We utilized the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Study design (PICOS) method to define our study eligibility criteria. RESULTS: Initial results were 1513. Finally, there were only 21 studies that met our selection criteria. We divided the 21 selected items into two groups: inflammatory diseases and infective diseases. CONCLUSIONS: Although topical PDT is an easy to perform and well-tolerated treatment and appears to be a valid method with promising results in the treatment of benign lesions of the oral cavity's soft tissues, further studies are needed to complete the current knowledge of this technique. PMID: 33314331 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.