Effect of pulse duration of Er: YAG laser on dentin ablation

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-439

  Nishimoto, Yuki ^a   Otsuki, Masayuki ^a   Yamauti, Monica ^b   Eguchi, Testuya ^c   Sato, Yasuharu ^c   Foxton, Richard M ^d   Tagami, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dentistry School   (Brazil)

^c Hoya Photonics Corporation   (Japan)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentin ablation; Er: YAG laser; Pulse duration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE LASER; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLOR; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SMEAR LAYER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249131108     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.27.433     Document Type: Article

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