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In the laser group, the Ga-Al-Ar diode laser with a 940-nm wavelength and 2-W power was irradiated to the samples with 0.4 mm tip diameter in non-contact mode (1-mm distance) at a speed of 1 mm\/s. The suspensions in the three groups were cultured on the Sabouraud dextrose agar culture medium and incubated at 37\u00b0C for 24 hours. The number of C. albicans colonies was then counted and reported. The three groups were compared by ANOVA and Tukey\u2019s test (alpha=0.05). Results: In both concentrations, the mean colony count in the nystatin group was significantly lower than that in the control (P&lt;0.05) and laser (P&lt;0.05) groups. The mean colony count in the laser group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P&lt;0.05). Conclusion: The high-intensity laser with a 940-nm wavelength and 2-W power in non-contact mode can significantly decrease the C. albicans colony count in vitro, but its effect is lower than that of nystatin.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.34172\/jlms.2022.59","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,26]],"date-time":"2023-01-26T10:55:48Z","timestamp":1674730548000},"page":"e59","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["<i>In Vitro<\/i> Effect of a High-Intensity Laser on <i>Candida albicans<\/i> Colony Count"],"prefix":"10.34172","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ehsan","family":"Momeni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mojtaba","family":"Didehdar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Depatrment of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Medicine Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elham","family":"Sarlak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Malihe","family":"Safari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"20123","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,7]]},"container-title":["Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sbmu.ac.ir\/jlms\/article\/view\/38995\/30169","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sbmu.ac.ir\/jlms\/article\/view\/38995\/30169","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,26]],"date-time":"2023-01-26T10:55:49Z","timestamp":1674730549000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sbmu.ac.ir\/jlms\/article\/view\/38995"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,7]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/jlms.2022.59","relation":{},"ISSN":["2008-9783","2228-6721"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2008-9783","type":"print"},{"value":"2228-6721","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,7]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_owner","label":"Journal Owner"},{"value":"Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_publisher","label":"Journal Publisher"},{"value":"2022-07-28","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2022-11-29","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2022-12-07","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}