Influence of the pulse duration of an Er:YAG laser system on the ablation threshold of dental enamel

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-257

  Apel, C ^a   Franzen, R ^a   Meister, J ^a   Sarrafzadegan, H ^a   Thelen, S ^b   Gutknecht, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ablation threshold; Dental enamel; Er:YAG laser; Pulse duration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENAMEL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

DENTAL ENAMEL; ERBIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0036032552     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030200037     Document Type: Article

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