A preliminary study of healing of diode laser versus scalpel incisions in rat oral tissue: a comparison of clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical results

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 764-773

  D'Arcangelo, Camillo ^a   Di Nardo Di Maio, Franca ^a   Prosperi, Gianni Domenico ^a   Conte, Eugenio ^b   Baldi, Monica ^b   Caputi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Multidisciplinary Unit of Laser   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HARD PALATE; INFLAMMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; INFLAMMATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, HARD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34249010178     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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