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The dental plaque-induced periodontal disease presents the characteristic signs of inflammation and loss of supporting periodontal tissue. Biofilm removal, antibiotics along disinfectants are considered conventional methods of periodontal therapy. However, it has some limitations. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT) seems to be a unique and interesting therapeutic approach toward periodontal therapy. There is a great need to develop an evidence-based approach to the use of PDT for the treatment of periodontitis and periimplantitis. However, the low wavelength lasers exhibiting deep tissue penetration basically do not interact with the periodontal tissues within the pocket. Therefore, PDT as a low-level therapy with short irradiation time does not produce any thermal change within the gingival tissue and root surface or destruction of the intact attachment apparatus at the base of pockets. PDT may be an effective way to treat the bacteria linked to periodontal diseases and could provide a better option than antibiotics or other mechanical methods for treating periodontal diseases and may prove to be a promising alternative to conventional periodontal therapy in near future.