Sealing depth of Nd:YAG laser on human dentinal tubules

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 691-693

  Liu, Hsin Cheng ^a   Lin, Chun Pin ^a   Lan, Wan Hong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH PERMEABILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DENTIN; DENTIN PERMEABILITY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031267609     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(97)80403-7     Document Type: Article

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