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Bactericidal effects of 310 nm ultraviolet light-emitting diode irradiation on oral bacteria

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Oral Health, June 2017
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Title
Bactericidal effects of 310 nm ultraviolet light-emitting diode irradiation on oral bacteria
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BMC Oral Health, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12903-017-0382-5
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Authors

Ayuko Takada, Kenji Matsushita, Satoru Horioka, Yasushi Furuichi, Yasunori Sumi

Abstract

Ultraviolet (UV) light is used for phototherapy in dermatology, and UVB light (around 310 nm) is effective for treatment of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. In addition, it is known that UVC light (around 265 nm) has a bactericidal effect, but little is known about the bactericidal effect of UVB light. In this study, we examined the bactericidal effects of UVB-light emitting diode (LED) irradiation on oral bacteria to explore the possibility of using a 310 nm UVB-LED irradiation device for treatment of oral infectious diseases. We prepared a UVB (310 nm) LED device for intraoral use to examine bactericidal effects on Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sauguinis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum and also to examine the cytotoxicity to a human oral epithelial cell line (Ca9-22). We also examined the production of nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide from Ca9-22 cells after irradiation with UVB-LED light. Irradiation with the 310 nm UVB-LED at 105 mJ/cm(2) showed 30-50% bactericidal activity to oral bacteria, though 17.1 mJ/cm(2) irradiation with the 265 nm UVC-LED completely killed the bacteria. Ca9-22 cells were strongly injured by irradiation with the 265 nm UVC-LED but were not harmed by irradiation with the 310 nm UVB-LED. Nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide were produced by Ca9-22 cells with irradiation using the 310 nm UVB-LED. P. gingivalis was killed by applying small amounts of those reactive oxygen species (ROS) in culture, but other bacteria showed low sensitivity to the ROS. Narrowband UVB-LED irradiation exhibited a weak bactericidal effect on oral bacteria but showed low toxicity to gingival epithelial cells. Its irradiation also induces the production of ROS from oral epithelial cells and may enhance bactericidal activity to specific periodontopathic bacteria. It may be useful as a new adjunctive therapy for periodontitis.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 73 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 15%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 8%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 31 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 11%
Physics and Astronomy 6 8%
Engineering 4 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 3%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 31 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2023.
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#5,130,868
of 24,661,808 outputs
Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#322
of 1,686 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#84,208
of 321,998 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#5
of 24 outputs
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