<p>Hybrid Hydrogels for Synergistic Periodontal Antibacterial Treatment with Sustained Drug Release and NIR-Responsive Photothermal Effect</p>

Abstract

We designed a new near-infrared light (NIR)-activated hybrid hydrogel that offers both sustained release of antibacterial drugs and photothermal treatment. Such sustained release pattern yields the potential to rapidly eliminate periodontal pathogens in the periodontal pocket, and the photothermal treatment maintains low bacterial retention after the drug treatment.