The search for new materials that can be applied in the treatment of injured human tissues has led to development dressings. Membranes have potential as dressing because they fitted and interact with tissue surface. In this study, we analyze morphological properties wettability latex membranes, along incorporation photosensitizer methylene blue, context utility membranes curative applications i...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is presented as a promising antimicrobial therapy that can eliminate microorganisms present in endodontic infections. This treatment is based on the use of a nontoxic photosensitizing agent followed by irradiation of a resonant light source being capable of generating highly reactive species that are harmful to microorganisms. The purpose of this paper is to review th...

This paper presents Agile Planner for Digital Tabletops (APDT) as a tool that facilitates agile planning meetings using large horizontal displays. Utilizing APDT on a reasonably sized digital tabletop allows collaborators to create, edit, move, rotate, toss and delete index cards just like they would do with paper artifacts. APDT provides a multimodal input system that supports gesture-, handwr...

We develop an accurate finite-time scaling analysis of the angular width of the coherent backscattering (CBS) peak for waves propagating in 3D random media. Applying this method to ultracold atoms in optical speckle potentials, we show how to determine both the mobility edge and the critical exponent of the Anderson transition from the temporal behavior of the CBS width. Our method could be use...

Coherent backscattering (CBS) of light in random media has been previously investigated by use of coherent light sources. Here we report a novel method of CBS measurement that combines low spatial coherence, broadband illumination, and spectrally resolved detection. We show that low spatial coherence illumination leads to an anomalously broad CBS peak and a dramatic speckle reduction; the latte...

Introduction: Dental pain leads to reduced daily activities and poor quality of life, low level laser therapy (LLLT) is considered a recent technique in the dental field. Objective: To analyze literature about use LLLT, its applications for control, inflammation controversy benefits different branches dentistry such as Endodontics, Periodontics, Orthodontics Photobiomodulation. Methodology: An ...

introduction: the topical and intradermal photodynamic therapy (pdt) effect of methylene blue (mb) using light-emitting diode (led) as light source (mb/led-pdt) in the treatment of lesions of american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) caused by leishmania braziliensis in hamsters were investigated. methods: hamsters were infected in the footpad with 4×107 promastigotes of l. braziliensis and divide...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of toluidine blue O (TBO), in combination with either a helium/neon (HeNe) laser or a light-emitting diode (LED), on the viability and architecture of Streptococcus mutans biofilms. METHODS Biofilms were grown on hydroxyapatite discs in a constant depth film fermentor fed with artificial saliva that was supplemented...