Laser ablation as a function of the primary absorber in dentin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-394

  Ostertag, Manfred ^a   McKinley, James T ^a   Reinisch, Lou ^a   Harris, David M ^b   Tolk, Norman H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation model; Electron microscopic examination; Free electron la ser; Infrared absorption; Pulsed infrared laser ablation; Silicon rep lica; Wavelength variation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; SILICON; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENTIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTION; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030884917     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:4<384::AID-LSM10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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