A clinical study on the effects of pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation at root canals immediately after pulpectomy and shaping

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-56

  Koba, Kenji ^a   Kimura, Yuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Koukichi ^a   Gomyoh, Hideyuki ^a   Komi, Shinji ^a   Harada, Shinsuke ^a   Tsuzuki, Nobuyuki ^a   Shimada, Yuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

PULPECTOMY; ROOT CANALS;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PULPITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

EID: 0032896303     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1999.17.53     Document Type: Article

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