Effects of 960-nm diode laser irradiation on calcium solubility of dental enamel: An in vitro study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 689-693

  Kato, Ilka T ^a   Kohara, Eduardo K ^a   Sarkis, Jorge E S ^a   Wetter, Niklaus U ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; CALCIUM; ENAMELS; FLUORIDE MINERALS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE;

CALCIUM SOLUBILITY; DEMINERALIZATION; ENAMEL MORPHOLOGY; PULPAL TEMPERATURE RISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ACID; ACIDULATED FLUOROPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DIODE LASER; ENAMEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INTERACTION; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 33846331667     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.689     Document Type: Article

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