Structural changes in human dental enamel after subablative erbium laser irradiation and its potential use for caries prevention

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-70

  Apel, C ^a   Meister, J ^a   Gotz H ^b   Duschner, H ^b   Gutknecht, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Enamel; Laser

Indexed keywords

ACID; ERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; ERBIUM; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 10844277093     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081659     Document Type: Article

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