Caries diagnosis using a laser fluorescence system - Observation of autofluorescence of dental caries

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Shigetani, Yoshimi ^a   Okamoto, Akira ^a   Abu Bakr, Neamat ^b   Tanabe, Keita ^a   Kondo, Suginari ^c   Iwaku, Masaaki ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Nihonkaikeisoku Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Dental caries; Laser fluorescence system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PHOSPHORUS; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH;

DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TOOTH;

EID: 0041851046     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.22.56     Document Type: Article

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