Er:YAG (λ = 2.94 μm) laser etching of dental enamel as an alternative to acid etching

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 154-161

  Attrill, D C ^a   Farrar, S R ^b   King, T A ^a   Dickinson, M R ^a   Davies, R M ^a   Blinkhorn, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid etching; Dental enamel; Laser etching

Indexed keywords

ACID; RESIN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENAMEL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033945146     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011311     Document Type: Article

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