The effects of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser on subgingival bacterial flora and on cementum: An in vivo study

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Ben Hatit, Y ^a   Blum, R ^b   Severin, C ^c   Maquin, M ^c   Jabro, Mansoor H ^d  

^a European Laser Academy   (Belgium)

^b European Laser Academy   (Luxembourg)

^c Reims Dental Medicine School   (France)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DENTAL CEMENT; DENTISTRY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURGERY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTEROIDES FORSYTHUS; CEMENTUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PULSED NEODYMIUM YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER; SUBGINGIVAL BACTERIAL FLORA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

NEODYMIUM;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CEMENTUM; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH ROOT; TREPONEMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTEROIDES; DENTAL CEMENTUM; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH ROOT; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0030153791     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1996.14.137     Document Type: Article

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