Root surface temperature increase during Er:YAG laser irradiation of root canals

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 76-78

  Kimura, Yuichi ^a   Yonaga, Kazuo ^a   Yokoyama, Keiko ^a   Kinoshita, Jun Ichiro ^a   Ogata, Yoshiko ^a   Matsumoto, Koukichi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDODONTICS; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH ROOT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; ERBIUM; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0036480376     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200202000-00006     Document Type: Article

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