In vitro temperature change at the dentin/pulpal interface by using conventional visible light versus argon laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 386-397

  Cobb, Deborah S ^a   Dederich, Douglas N ^b   Gardner, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Heat transfer; Laser; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; DENTIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE INJURY; TOOTH PULP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGON; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034071927     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:4<386::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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