Fluorescence-controlled Er:YAG laser for caries removal in permanent teeth: A randomized clinical trial

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-176

  Dommisch, Henrik ^a,b   Peus, Katja ^c   Kneist, Susanne ^d   Krause, Felix ^a   Braun, Andreas ^a   Hedderich, Jürgen ^c   Jepsen, Søren ^a   Eberhard, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbide bur; Caries therapy; Fluorescence controlled Er:YAG laser; Lactobacilli; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID STATE LASER; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED TECHNIQUE; DENTIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40849134166     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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