Increase of enamel fluoride retention by low fluence argon laser beam: A 6-month follow-up study in vivo

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-224

  Nammour, S ^a,e   Rocca, J P ^b   Pireaux, J J ^c   Powell, G L ^d   Morciaux, Y ^c   Demortier, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Argon laser; Caries prevention; Enamel; Fluoridation; Fluoride; In vivo

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; GEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACIDULATED PHOSPHATE FLUORIDE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL;

EID: 17044393050     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20128     Document Type: Article

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