Application of lasers in periodontics: True innovation or myth?

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-126

  Ishikawa, Isao ^a   Aoki, Akira ^a   Takasaki, Aristeo A ^a   Mizutani, Koji ^a   Sasaki, Katia M ^a   Izumi, Yuichi ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; SOLID STATE LASER;

GINGIVA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTICS;

EID: 64549131759     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: 16000757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2008.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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