Influence of water-layer thickness on Er:YAG laser ablation of enamel of bovine anterior teeth

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-457

  Mir, Maziar ^a,b   Meister, Joerg ^a   Franzen, Rene ^a   Sabounchi, Shabnam S ^a   Lampert, Friedrich ^a   Gutknecht, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Micro explosion; Tooth enamel; Vapour; Water propagation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL LASER ETCHING; ENAMEL; ENERGY YIELD; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TISSUE SLICE; TOOTH; WATER ABSORPTION; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; LASER THERAPY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; WATER;

EID: 52949150015     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0508-0     Document Type: Article

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