Pulpal safety of 9.6 μm TEA CO2 laser used for caries prevention

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-110

  Goodis, Harold E ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a   Gansky, Stuart ^a   Rechmann, Peter ^a   Featherstone, John D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Enamel; Laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPITIS; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVERSE EXCITED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CARBON DIOXIDE LASER;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE;

EID: 4344611477     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20043     Document Type: Article

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