Effect of a New Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment on Dissolution Profiles of Dental Enamel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4950, Issue , 2003, Pages 106-109

  Featherstone, John D B ^a   Le, Charles Q ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Dissolution; Enamel solubility; Fluences; Pulse duration

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; SOLUBILITY; TOOTH ENAMEL;

BOVINE ENAMEL BLOCKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS;

EID: 0141605904     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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