The effect of a pulsed nd:yag laser in non-surgical periodontal therapy

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1056

  Slot, Dagmar E ^a   Kranendonk, Aart A ^a,b   Paraskevas, Spiros ^a   Weijden, Fridus Van Der ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clinic for Periodontology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Debridement; Nd:YAG laser; Periodontitis; Systematic review; Treatment; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; SOLID STATE LASER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL SCALING; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 68049125927     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.080571     Document Type: Review

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