Letters to the editor: Lasers in periodontics: A review of the literature [1]

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-597

  Romanos, George E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOOTH CALCULUS; WOUND HEALING;

DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL SCALING; HUMANS; LASERS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; ROOT PLANING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250379976     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2007.070024     Document Type: Letter

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