Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid or a derivate thereof for photodynamic diagnosis and/or photodynamic therapy

摘要

A light application unit for a combined photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy of non-malignant diseases of a parodontium and a tooth of a living being having administered a pharmaceutical preparation allowing said photodynamic diagnosis and said photodynamic therapy comprises a light source, a focusing unit for focusing light emitted by said light source, at least one element arrangeable in a light beam path of said light, and at least one wave guide for transmitting said light from said light source to a distal emitting end, said wave guide is configured rigidly in at least a distal handling end section thereof and being curved in a distal end section.