Study on removal effects of filling materials and broken files from root canals using pulsed Nd:YAG laser

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-28

  Yu, Da Guang ^a   Kimura, Yuichi ^a   Tomita, Yasuo ^a   Nakamura, Yukio ^a   Watanabe, Haruji ^a   Matsumoto, Koukichi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ROOT CANAL TREATMENT;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; YAG LASER;

EID: 0033996404     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.2000.18.23     Document Type: Article

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