Meet the editor

Natalia M. Inada earned a Ph.D. in Medical Pathophysiology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, in 2006). She is currently a research scientist at the University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos Institute of Physics, Brazil, leading the Microbial Control and Cell Culture Labs at the Biophotonics Group. She works in multicenter clinical projects such as the "CerCa Solutions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cervical

Intraepithelial Neoplasia" and "Photodynamic Therapy Brazil for Non-melanoma Skin Cancer." Dr. Inada's research focuses on improving photodynamic therapy with nanodelivery systems, and the treatment of infectious diseases. She has published numerous scientific papers and book chapters, and was awarded for her work many times, including the Mercosur Prize for Science and Technology (2016), the PDT Clinical Trial Excellence (2017), and Poster of Merit (2019) by the International Photodynamic Association.

Dr. Hilde Harb Buzza is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, studying light application in life science. She graduated with a degree in Physical and Biomolecular Sciences and obtained her Ph.D. in Applied Physics from IFSC. She has experience in the field of photodynamic and photothermal therapies for tumor treatments and infections caused by bacte-

ria and fungi, with studies from the lab to clinical trials. She has worked with the application of nanotechnology in biophotonics and has contributed to teaching and scientific dissemination activities.

Kate Blanco is a postdoctoral researcher at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and has been working at the Optics and Photonics Research Center of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp). She has a degree in Biomedicine and a doctorate in Microbiology from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Brazil. She specializes in industrial fermentation and the production of health products and process-

es, infections, and microbial control of food using optical techniques.

Lucas D. Dias received his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. His current research interests are in the fields of medicine and catalysis, namely, mechanisms in photodynamic therapy, synthesis of photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, design and synthesis of photocatalysts, and synthesis of homogeneous and immobilized catalysts

based on tetrapyrrolic macrocycles for the activation of small molecules (O2, CO and CO2). Dr. Dias has published thirty-two peer-reviewed papers in national/international journals, authored more than forty communications (oral and posters) in national/international scientific meetings, and is the inventor of one patent.

Contents

*by Kazutaka Hirakawa*

*and Rodrigo da Cunha Bisaggio*

*Mato Sušić and Dragana Gabrić*

of the Jaw

Clinical Usage of Photodynamic Therapy *by Niral M. Patel and Ali I. Musani*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 27**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 73**

**Chapter 7 99**

Anatomically Adjustable Device for Large-Area Photodynamic Therapy

*Priscila Fernanda Campos de Menezes and Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato*

*by Marko Vuletić, Božana Lončar Brzak, Igor Smojver, Luka Marković,* 

Application of Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Osteonecrosis

*by Alessandra Keiko Lima Fujita, Daniel José Chianfrome,* 

*Vinicius Sigari Moreira, Anderson Luiz Zanchin,* 

Strategies to Improve Drug Delivery in Topical PDT *by Michelle Barreto Requena, Mirian Denise Stringasci, José Dirceu Vollet-Filho and Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato*

Electron Transfer-Supported Photodynamic Therapy

*by Bruno Henrique Godoi, Juliana Ferreira Strixino, Newton Soares da Silva and Cristina Pacheco Soares*

Can PDT Alter the Glycosylation of the Tumor Cell Membrane?

Sonodynamic and Photodynamics Used as a Combined Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Neoplasms: Facts and Open Questions *by Heber Lopes de Mello, Luiz Anastacio Alves, Evellyn Araujo Dias, Sabrina de Sá Pereira Magalhães, Vinicius Cotta-de-Almeida* 
