Abstract
For the elimination of microorganisms, new adjuvant techniques for decontaminatingroot canal systems have emerged, and one of these techniques is antimicrobialphotodynamic therapy (aPDT). This in vitro study aims to evaluate the antioxidantcapacity induced in Enterococcus faecalis cells by laser ablation with indocyanine green(ICG) and by aPDT using methylene blue (MB) and curcumin (CUR).…