Clinical evaluation of an Er:YAG laser for nonsurgical treatment of periimplantitis: A pilot study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Schwarz, Frank ^a   Sculean, Anton ^b   Rothamel, Daniel ^a   Schwenzer, Katja ^d   Georg, Thomas ^c   Becker, Jürgen ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Clinical trial; Dental implant; Laser therapeutic use; Mechanical debridement; Peri implantitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERBIUM; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444420317     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2004-01051.x     Document Type: Article

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