Selective ablation of surface enamel caries with a pulsed Nd:YAG dental laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 342-350

  Harris, David M ^a,g   White, Joel M ^a   Goodis, Harold ^a   Arcoria, Charles J ^b   Simon, James ^c   Carpenter, William M ^c   Fried, Daniel ^a   Burkart, John ^d   Yessik, Michael ^e   Myers, Terry ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e Incisive LLC ^*  (United States)

^f Institute for Advanced Dental Technologies   (United States)

^g Bio Medical Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Enamel caries; Histology; Pulsed Nd:YAG laser; Selective photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DRILL; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPITIS; SAFETY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PULP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036307059     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10052     Document Type: Article

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