Clinical study of the gingiva healing after gingivectomy and low-level laser therapy

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 588-594

  Amorim, José Cláudio Faria ^a   De Sousa, Gerdal Roberto ^a   Silveira, Lívio De Barros ^a   Prates, Renato Araújo ^b   Pinotti, Marcos ^a   Ribeiro, Martha Simões ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Brazil)

^b Centre for Lasers and Applications (CLA)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GINGIVECTOMY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT); WOUND HEALING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GINGIVA; GINGIVECTOMY; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMOLAR TOOTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750947644     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.588     Document Type: Article

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