Evaluation of facial thermographic changes before and after low-level laser irradiation

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Makihara, Eri ^a   Makihara, Masato ^b   Masumi, Shin Ichi ^a   Sakamoto, Eiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Makihara Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; PATIENT TREATMENT; SKIN; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

LASER TIP; LOW-LEVEL LASER IRRADIATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINTS; THERMOGRAPHIC CHANGES;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; FACIES; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SKIN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VASODILATATION;

FACE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 19344362954     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.191     Document Type: Article

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