Current status of clinical laser applications in periodontal therapy

General Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 674-687

  Aoki, Akira ^a   Mizutani, Koji ^a   Takasaki, Aristeo Atsushi ^b   Sasaki, Katia Miyuki ^b   Nagai, Shigeyuki ^c   Schwarz, Frank ^d   Yoshida, Itaru ^e   Eguro, Toru ^f   Zeredo, Jorge Luis ^b   Izumi, Yuichi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagai Dental Clinic   (Japan)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Yoshida Dental Clinic   (Japan)

^f NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; SAFETY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

DENTAL IMPLANTS; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SAFETY;

EID: 56249104808     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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