Influence of the irradiation distance and the use of cooling to increase enamel-acid resistance with Er:YAG laser

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 534-540

  Correa Afonso, Alessandra M ^a   Ciconne Nogueira, Juliane C ^a   Pécora, Jesus D ^a   Palma Dibb, Regina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Caries; Enamel; Lasers; Polarized light microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PH; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE LASER; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOOTH DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL SOLUBILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SALIVA, ARTIFICIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 77957280170     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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