Morphological effects of ArF excimer laser irradiation on enamel and dentin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-148

  Wilder Smith, Petra ^a   Lin Stephanie, ^a   Nguyen, Alan ^a   Liaw, Lih Huei ^a   Arrastia, Anna Marie A ^a   Lee Jon, P ^a   Berns, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dentin; enamel; excimer laser; morphology; tooth structure; tooth surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASERS;

EID: 0031024448     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:2<142::AID-LSM4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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