Saturation effects in ablation of hard dental tissues by Er:YAG

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2080, Issue , 1993, Pages 55-59

  Šušterčič, Dušan ^a   Gaspirc B ^a   Skalerič, Uroš ^a   Funduk, Nenad ^a   Lukać, Matjaž ^b   Cencič, Simona ^b   Nemeš, Karolj ^b  

^a Paediatric Outpatient Clinic   (Slovenia)

^b ISKRA Elektrooptika ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; INFILL DRILLING; LASER ABLATION; TISSUE; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ABLATION EFFICIENCY; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; HARD DENTAL TISSUES; LASER ENERGY DENSITY; MECHANICAL DRILLING; OPTIMAL PULSE DURATION; PRESENCE OF WATER; SATURATION EFFECTS;

DENTAL CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 58049211200     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.166189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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