Anti-infective therapy with an Er:YAG laser: Influence on peri-implant healing

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Sculean, Anton ^a   Schwarz, Frank ^b   Becker, Jürgen ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Experimental and clinical trials; Laser therapeutic use; Peri implantitis; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

EID: 18844380753     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.3.267     Document Type: Review

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