Thermal and morphological effects of the pulsed Nd:YAG laser on root canal surfaces

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-240

  He, Huixia ^a,b,e   Yu, Jinhua ^c   Song, Yuanxiong ^b   Lu, Shouchang ^d   Liu, Hongchen ^a   Liu, Luchuan ^b,e  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GANSU PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTO-ENAMEL JUNCTIONS; ENERGY PARAMETERS; LASER ENERGY LEVELS; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER POWER; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ND : YAG LASERS; ND: YAG; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POWER SETTINGS; PULSED ND:YAG LASERS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPIES; ROOT CANAL WALLS; ROOT CANALS; ROOT SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SMEAR LAYERS; TEMPERATURE ELEVATIONS; THERMAL CHANGES; THERMAL LIMITS; THERMOCOUPLE MEASUREMENTS;

CANALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LASER SAFETY; LASERS; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

INK;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMEAR; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

EID: 65349156305     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2244     Document Type: Article

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