Selected Publications

Klepac-Ceraj, V, N Patel, X Song, C Holewa, C Patel, R Kent, MM Amiji, NS Soukos. (2011) Photodynamic effects of methylene blue-loaded polymeric nanoparticles on dental plaque bacteria. Lasers Surgery Med. In Press.

Ng R, Singh F, Papamanou DA, Song X, Patel C, Holewa C, Patel N, Klepac-Ceraj V, Fontana CR, Kent R, Pagonis TC, Stashenko PP, Soukos NS. (2011) Endodontic photodynamic therapy ex vivo. J Endod. 37(2):217-22. PMID: 21238805.

Soukos NS, Goodson JM. Periodontol 2000. (2011) Photodynamic therapy in the control of oral biofilms. Feb;55(1):143-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2010.00346.x. Review.

Pagonis TC, Chen J, Fontana CR, Devalapally H, Ruggiero K, Song X, Foschi F, Dunham J, Skobe Z, Yamazaki H, Kent R, Tanner ACR, Amiji MM, Soukos NS. (2010) Nanoparticle-based endodontic antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. J. Endod. 36(2):322-328. PMCID: PMC2818330.

Xu Y, Young MJ, Battaglino R, Morse LR, Fontana CR, Pagonis TC, Kent R, Soukos NS. (2009) Endodontic antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: Safety assessment in mammalian cell cultures. J. Endod. 35(11):1567-1572. PMCID: PMC2776084.

Fontana CR, Abernethy AD, Som S, Ruggiero K, Doucette S, Marcantonio RAC, Boussios CI, Doukas AG, Kent R, Goodson JM, Tanner AC, Soukos NS. (2009) The antibacterial effect of photodynamic therapy in dental plaque-derived biofilms. J. Periodontal Res. 44(6):751-759. PMCID: PMC2784141.

Fimple JL, Fontana DR, Foschi F, Ruggiero K, Song X, Pagonis TC, Tanner ACR, Kent R, Doukas AG, Stashenko PP, Soukos NS. (2008) Photodynamic treatment of endodontic polymicrobial infection in vitro. J.Endod. 34(6):728-734. PMCID: PMC2596687.

Ogura M., Abernethy AD, Blissett RD, Ruggiero K, Som S, Goodson JM, Kent R, Doukas AG, Soukos NS (2007). Photomechanical wave-assisted drug delivery in oral multispecies biofilms. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 23 (11): 1637-1646.

Soukos NS, Chen PS-Y, Morris JT, Ruggiero K, Abernethy AD, Som S, Foschi F, Doucette S, Luschke Bammann L, Raquel Fontana C, Doukas AG, Stashenko PP (2006). Photodynamic therapy for endodontic disinfection. J Endod 32(10): 979-84.

Soukos NS, Som S, Abernethy A, Ruggiero K, Dunham J, Lee C, Doukas AG, Goodson JM (2005). Phototargeting oral black-pigmented bacteria. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49 (4): 1391-1396.

Soukos NS, Hamblin MR, Keel S, Fabian R, Hasan T (2001). Epidermal growth factor receptor as a target for immunophotodiagnosis and photoimmunotherapy of oral precancer. Cancer Res. 61: 4490-4496.

Soukos NS, Himenez-Fyvie LA, Hamblin MR, Socransky SS, Hasan T (1998). Targeted antimicrobial photochemotherapy. Antimicrobial Agents Chemother. 42 (10): 2595-2601.