Influence of the water content in dental enamel and dentin on ablation with erbium YAG and erbium YSGG lasers

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Meister, Jörg ^a   Franzen, René ^a   Forner, Katharina ^a   Grebe, Henning ^a   Stanzel, Sven ^a   Lampert, Friedrich ^a   Apel, Christian ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Dehydration; Dental enamel; Dentin; Erbium laser irradiation; Water mediated ablation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; WATER;

DEHYDRATION; ERBIUM; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LASER ABLATION; TISSUE; TOOTH ENAMEL; WATER;

BOVINE DENTAL ENAMEL; BOVINE DENTIN; WATER-MEDIATED ABLATION;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748449129     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2204028     Document Type: Article

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