Dimitra Diakoumopoulou

Dr. Dimitra Diakoumopoulou


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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16 June 2026 in Microorganisms
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DDDimitra Diakoumopoulou
Dimitra Diakoumopoulou
ASAleksandra Slavko
Aleksandra Slavko
Konstantinos PapadimitriouKonstantinos Papadimitriou
Konstantinos Papadimitriou
IKIoannis K. Karoussis
Ioannis K. Karoussis
CNChrysoula Nikolaou
Chrysoula Nikolaou
IAIOANNIDIS ANASTASIOS
IOANNIDIS ANASTASIOS
Periodontal disease is driven by a dysbiotic subgingival microbiota enriched in anaerobic pathogens, and novel antimicrobial strategies are needed to complement conventional therapy. This pilot study assessed changes in the subgingival microbiota following diode laser-activated indocyanine green-based treatment (EmunDo) using 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing of paired samples collected before and after therapy. Microbiome analysis revealed compositional shifts across all taxonomic levels, with reductions in disease-associated genera including Porphyromonas, Treponema, Fretibacterium, and Prevotella, and relative increases in taxa more commonly associated with periodontal health, such as Streptococcus, Actinomyces, and Haemophilus. Functional prediction further suggested treatment-associated variation in metabolic categories. Overall microbial richness was preserved between groups. These findings suggest that EmunDo treatment was associated with a restructuring of the subgingival microbiota toward a less dysbiotic profile, warranting further investigation in larger controlled studies using higher-resolution approaches such as shotgun metagenomics.