Etch rate and spectroscopic ablation studies of Er:YAG laser-irradiated dentine

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5641-5646

  Farrar, S R ^a   Attril, D C ^a   Dickinson, M R ^a   King, T A ^a   Blinkhorn, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Dentine; Er:YAG; Etch rate; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444275502     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005641     Document Type: Article

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