Limited Evidence Suggests That Adjunctive Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy May Not Provide Additional Clinical Benefit to Conventional Instrumentation Strategy Alone in Periodontitis and Peri-implantitis Patients.

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for the treatment of periodontitis and peri-implantitis: An American Academy of Periodontology best evidence review. Chambrone L, Wang H-L, Romanos GE. J Periodontol 89(7):783-803. SOURCE OF FUNDING: The publication was affiliated with the American Academy of Periodontology Best Evidence Consensus meeting on lasers was sponsored by J. Morita USA (Irvine, California), a manufacturer of dental laser products. Manuscript acknowledges that the funding was garnered through support from the individual authors' institutions. TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis.