Cutting efficiency of short and very short pulsed Er:YAG laser at different frequencies on dentine and enamel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4249, Issue , 2001, Pages 175-179

  Brugnera, Júinior ^a,b   Marchesan, Melissa A ^c   Guerisoli, Danilo mathias zanello ^c   Da Silva, Reginaldo S ^c   Pécora, Jesus D ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Molar crowns; Short pulse; Very short pulse; Weight

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; ERBIUM; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

DENTINE; MOLAR CROWNS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

EID: 0034931643     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.424506     Document Type: Article

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