Evaluation of the effects of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers and ultrasonic instrumentation on root surfaces

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Gómez, Clara ^a   Bisheimer, Marcela ^b   Costela, Angel ^a   García Moreno, Immaculada ^a   García, Ana ^b   García, Juan Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DENTINAL TUBULES; EDX ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; ER: YAG; ER:YAG LASERS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; ND : YAG LASERS; ND: YAG; ND: YAG LASER IRRADIATIONS; PEAK INTENSITIES; PULSE LENGTHS; ROOT SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SEM; SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; SPOT SIZES;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; DENTISTRY; ERBIUM; INSTRUMENTS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACES; ULTRASONICS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL SCALING; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 61649124774     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2236     Document Type: Article

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