Nd:YAG Laser ablation and acid resistance of enamel

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 404-411

  Kwon, Yong Hoon ^a   Kwon, Oh Won ^a   Kim, Hyung Il ^b   Kim, Kyo Han ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorescence radiance; LCSM; Nd:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; ALUMINUM SILICATE; BETA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MINERAL; NEODYMIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; MINERAL BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; YAG LASER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TOOTH DISEASE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL SOLUBILITY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINERALS; NEODYMIUM; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTRIUM;

EID: 1542391463     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.22.404     Document Type: Article

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