Argon and Nd:YAG lasers for caries prevention in enamel

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 433-437

  Tavares, Julieta Gomes ^a   Eduardo, Carlos De Paula ^b   Burnett, Luiz Henrique ^a   Boff, Teonas Renato ^c   De Freitas, Patrícia Moreira ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENAMELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CARIES PREVENTION; CONTROL CYCLES; DEMINERALISATION; ENAMEL DEMINERALIZATION; GROUP III; HIGH INTENSITY LASERS; HUMAN THIRD MOLAR; ND: YAG; ND:YAG LASER; REMINERALIZATION;

ARGON LASERS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLID STATE LASER; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MOLAR, THIRD; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 84864934215     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2011.3104     Document Type: Article

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