Evaluation of the effectiveness of Er:YAG laser and conventional periodontal treatment in a patient with acute streptococcal gingivitis: A 2-year follow-up

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 841-845

  Gursoy Mert, H ^a   Altan Koran, M ^a   Noyan, U ^b   Kadir, T ^b   Cologlu, S ^a   Yilmaz, S ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CASE REPORTS; CLINICAL INDICES; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; ER:YAG LASERS; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; LESION SITE; PLASMA CELLS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR NEUTROPHILS; TREATMENT MODALITY;

BACTERIA; BIOPSY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ERBIUM;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650146718     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2009.2705     Document Type: Article

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