A Study of Cavity Preparation by Er: YAG laser - Observation of Hard Tooth Structures by Laser Scanning Microscope and Examination of the Time necessary to Remove Caries-

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-31

  Shigetani, Yoshimi ^a   Okamoto, Akira ^a   Abu Bakr, Neamat ^a   Iwaku, Masaaki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Hard tooth structures; Laser scanning microscope

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENAMEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORING AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTIN; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERBIUM; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0036514448     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.21.20     Document Type: Article

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