Demineralization of Er:YAG and Er,Cr:YSGG laser-prepared enamel cavities in vitro

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Apel, Christian ^a   Schafer C ^a   Gutknecht, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavity preparation; Demineralization; Laser; pH cycling; Polarized light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOLING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; ENAMEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; MICROSCOPY; PH; PROTECTION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL ENAMEL SOLUBILITY; ERBIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; RECURRENCE; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0037856002     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068228     Document Type: Article

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