Lasers and soft tissue: Periodontal therapy

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 309-315

  Parker, S ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; TOOTH CALCULUS;

DENTAL CALCULUS; HUMANS; LASERS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET;

EID: 34248379136     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.224     Document Type: Article

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