Effect of a novel Er:YAG laser in caries removal and cavity preparation: A clinical observation

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Matsumoto, Koukichi ^a   Wang, Xiaogu ^a   Zhang, Chengfei ^b   Kinoshita, Jun Ichiro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARIES REMOVAL; CAVITY PREPARATION; DISCOMFORT; PROGNOSIS FACTORS;

LASER SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DENTAL CARIES; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGNOSIS; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY LINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947392214     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.2020     Document Type: Article

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