The influence of drying on quantitative laser fluorescence and optical pathlengths in incipient natural caries lesions

Caries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 484-492

  Mujat, C ^a   Van Der Veen, M H ^b   Ruben, J L ^c   Dogariu, A ^a   Ten Bosch, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lesion activity; Natural lesions; Optical pathlength spectroscopy; Quantitative light induced fluorescence; Transversal microradiography

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DIFFUSION; ENAMEL; EVAPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LIGHT; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DESICCATION; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS; PERMEABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 4444242225     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079631     Document Type: Article

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