Morphological study of dentin irradiated by solid-state ultraviolet lasers: A comparison of wavelength and repetition rate

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 263-268

  Sciberras, Hank C ^a,b   Boyd, Nick ^a   Dair, Geoff T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; LASER ABLATION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENERGY DENSITIES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DENTIN; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEODYMIUM LASER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036802323     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10445470260420777     Document Type: Article

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