Hard tissue ablation with a spray-assisted mid-IR laser

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7243-7259

  Kang, H W ^a,b   Rizoiu, I ^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

INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION;

MECHANICAL EFFECTS; RADIANT EXPOSURES;

LASER ABLATION;

GALLIUM; SCANDIUM; WATER; YTTRIUM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENAMEL; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MECHANICS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PULP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HARDNESS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH CROWN; WATER;

EID: 36949032321     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/24/004     Document Type: Article

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