Short-term clinical and microbiologic effects of pocket debridement with an Er: YAG laser during periodontal maintenance

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Tomasi, Cristiano ^a   Schander, Kerstin ^a   Dahlén, Gunnar ^a   Wennström, Jan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic periodontitis; Laser; Maintenance; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DNA; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BACTERIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL SCALING; ERBIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YTTRIUM;

EID: 33646170920     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.77.1.111     Document Type: Article

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