Effects of pulsed CO2 arid Er:YAG lasers on enamel and dentin

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1880, Issue , 1993, Pages 169-175

  Lukac, Matjaž ^a   Hočevar, Franci ^a   Cencic, Simona ^a   Nemeš, Karolj ^a   Keller, Ulrich ^b   Hibst, Raimund ^b   Šušterčic, Dušan ^c   Gašpirc, Boris ^c   Skaleric, Uroš ^c   Funduk, Nenad ^c  

^a ISKRA Elektrooptika ^*  (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c University Dental Clinic   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ENAMELS; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; INFILL DRILLING; LASER ABLATION; PULSED LASERS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ABLATION RATES; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ER:YAG LASERS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; PLASMA FORMATIONS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSED TEA CO2 LASER;

DENTAL CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 85076439307     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.148320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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