Backspallation due to ablative recoil generated during Q-switched Er:YAG ablation of dental hard tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3248, Issue , 1998, Pages 78-85

  Fried, Daniel ^a   Shori, Ramesh ^a   Duhn, Clif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic recoil; Backspallation; Dental Enamel; Q switched Er:YAG Laser Irradiation

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

BACKSPALLATION;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0032225565     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.306010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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