Gingival melanin pigmentation and its treatment with the CO 2 laser

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 522-527

  Esen, Emin ^a   Haytac, M Cenk ^a   Öz, I Attila ^a   Erdoǧan, Özgür ^a   Karsli, Ebru D ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALING; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENTAL ARCH; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MELANOSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 8644228682     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.02.059     Document Type: Article

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