Claudio Pasquale INTERVIEW – ALADENT
THE EXPERT’S OPINION Claudio Pasquale, dental hygienist, and professor at the University of Genoa
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Could gum disease make coronavirus more deadly?
Scientist have discovered a link between life-threatening coronavirus infection and gum disease in new research published Thursday. Gum disease has known links to heart disease and chronic lung disease, both of which also put people at risk for becoming severely ill from or dying of COVID-19. Researchers in California and Brazil found in a review […]
Effects of a novel gel containing 5-aminolevulinic acid and red LED against bacteria involved in peri-implantitis and other oral infections
Highlights • ALAD with LED irradiation exerted a potent antibacterial activity both Gram+ and -. • The higher effect was obtained with 1 h of gel plus 7 min of LED irradiation. • 25 min ALAD plus 5 min of LED led to a high antibacterial effect. • A certain antibacterial effect was measure also without LED. Antibiotic […]
Newly formulated 5% 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy on Candida albicans
Giuseppe Greco, Simone Di Piazza, Jiemei Chan, Mirca Zotti, Reem Hanna, Ezio Gheno, Angelina O. Zeckiy, Claudio Pasquale, Nicola De Angelis, Andrea Amaroli. Highlights • Candida infections are responsible for an over of one million human deaths per year. • An increase in C. albicans resistance to common antifungal medications was described. • There is a […]
Perché è necessario misurare l’ozono nell’ambiente di lavoro durante e dopo la sanitizzazione
L’uso dell’ozono per sanitizzare gli ambienti medici è sempre più diffuso. È tuttavia necessario avere la certezza che la quantità di gas immessa nell’ambiente sia quella efficace. Inoltre l’ozono è un gas che presenta un certo livello di tossicità per cui, una volta terminata la sanitizzazione, è consigliabile controllarne l’eventuale presenza nell’ambiente con il misuratore […]
Effects of a novel gel containing 5-aminolevulinic acid and red LED against bacteria involved in peri-implantitis and other oral infections
Antibiotic resistance is a major public health problem worldwide and the finding of alternative methods for eliminating bacteria is one of the prerogatives of medical research. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics in dentistry, especially for the treatment of peri-implantitis, could lead to superinfections. Alternative methods, like photodynamic therapy mediated by the use of aminolevulinic acid […]
