Effect of an optically thick water layer during 9.6 μm CO 2 laser irradiation on caries inhibition

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5313, Issue , 2004, Pages 133-137

  Le, Charles Q ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a   Sarma, Anupama V ^a   Featherstone, John D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries inhibition; CO 2 laser; Dissolution; Irradiation; Non hydroxyapatite phases

Indexed keywords

CARIES INHIBITION; NON-HYDROXYAPATITE PHASES; THICK LAYERS; WATER LAYER;

ABLATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; DISSOLUTION; ENAMELS; HEATING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; WATER;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

EID: 5644304475     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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