Basic study on vibrations during tooth preparations caused by high-speed drilling and Er:YAG laser irradiation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Takamori, Kazunori ^a   Furukawa, Hirohiko ^b   Morikawa, Yoshikatsu ^c   Katayama, Tadashi ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^a  

^a MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b Ono Sokki Co   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Head Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; High speed drill; Laser Doppler vibrometer; Tooth preparation; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; DRILL; ERBIUM YAG LASER; IRRADIATION; LASER FLOWMETER; PAIN; PERIODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; VIBRATION;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH PREPARATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 12244306274     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10140     Document Type: Article

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