Picosecond laser ablation of dentine in endodontics

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-174

  Serafetinides, A A ^a   Khabbaz, M G ^b   Makropoulou, M I ^a   Kar, A K ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endodontics; Laser ablation; Nd:YAG laser; Picosecond laser; Root canal therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; DEVICE; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032755039     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050080     Document Type: Article

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