Selective removal of composite sealants with near-UV laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5313, Issue , 2004, Pages 54-60

  Louie, Tiffany M ^a   Jones, Robert S ^a   Sarma, Anupama V ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency tripled Nd:YAG Laser; Pit and Fissure Sealants; Selective Composite Removal

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-TRIPLED ND: YAG LASER; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SELECTIVE COMPOSITE REMOVAL; TOOTH STRUCTURE;

ADHESION; COOLING; DENTISTRY; EXTRACTION; LASER PULSES; SEALANTS; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

DENTAL COMPOSITES;

EID: 5644295741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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