In vitro evaluation of Nd:YAG laser radiation at three different wavelengths (1064, 532, and 355 nm) on calculus removal in comparison with ultrasonic scaling

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-376

  Gómez, Clara ^a   Costela, Ángel ^a   García Moreno, Inmaculada ^a   García, Juan Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALCULUS; LASER RADIATION; PERIODONTAL TISSUES; ROOT ANATOMY; ULTRASONIC SCALING; WAVELENGTHS;

LASER SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CEMENTUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MOLAR TOOTH; NEODYMIUM LASER; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STONE DISSOLUTION; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASONIC SCALING;

BICUSPID; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL SCALING; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33746342485     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.366     Document Type: Article

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