Dentin and pulp response to Erbium:YAG laser ablation: A preliminary evaluation of human teeth

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 117-121

  Dostálová, Tat'Jana ^a   Jelínková, Helena ^b   Krejsa, Otakar ^a   Hamal, Karel ^b   Kubelka, Jiří ^c   Procházka, Stanislav ^c   Himmlová, Lucie ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c CRYTUR Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; LASER SAFETY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

PULP RESPONSE;

LASER ABLATION;

ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENAMEL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 0030885255     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1997.15.117     Document Type: Article

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