Ablation of oral mucosa by Erbium:YAG and Holmium:YAG laser radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2973, Issue , 1997, Pages 178-188

  Nuebler Moritz, Michael ^a   Gutknecht, Norbert ^b   Sailer, Hermann F ^a   Hering, Peter ^c   Prettl, Wilhelm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erbium:YAG laser; Holmium:YAG laser; Optical fibre; Oral mucosa; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CORUNDUM; DENTISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ERBIUM; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; HOLMIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUARTZ; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ERBIUM:YAG LASER; HOLMIUM:YAG LASER; OPTICAL FIBRE; ORAL MUCOSA; SIDE EFFECTS;

LASERS;

EID: 4644347685     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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