Removal of root canal filling materials using Er:YAG laser irradiation

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Tachinami, Hideyuki ^a   Katsuumi, Ichiroh ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Root canal filling material; Root canal retreatment

Indexed keywords

GUTTA PERCHA; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RETREATMENT; SOLID STATE LASER; TIME;

GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; RETREATMENT; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953309528     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.2008-079     Document Type: Article

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