Effect of water spray during laser ablation on dental hard tissue

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6425, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kang, Hyun Wook ^a,b   Rizoiu, Ioana ^c   Welch, A J ^b  

^a American Medical Systems   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c BioLase Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; COOLING; ERBIUM; LASER ABLATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

DISTILLED WATER; INTERSTITIAL WATER EXPLOSION; LIQUID-JET FORMATION; WATER SPRAY;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

EID: 34548284114     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.702034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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