DocumentCode
1981898
Title
Ablation of human dentin with Er:YAG laser
Author
Zhan, Zhenlin ; Peng, Qirning ; Zhang, Xianzeng ; Yu, Lili ; Lin, Shi ; Xie, Shusen
Author_Institution
Fujian Provincial Key Lab. for Photonics Technol., Fujian Normal Univ., Fuzhou, China
fYear
2009
fDate
30-3 Aug. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Knowledge of laser hard tooth tissue interactions plays an important role in laser dentistry. Pulsed Er:YAG laser was capable of ablating human dentin. The diameter and depth of ablation craters increased with radiant exposure.
Keywords
biological tissues; dentistry; laser applications in medicine; solid lasers; surgery; YAG:Er; ablation crater depth; ablation crater diameter; human dentin ablation; laser dentistry; laser-hard tooth tissue interactions; radiant exposure; Dentistry; Humans; Laboratories; Laser ablation; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Scanning electron microscopy; Teeth; Wavelength measurement; Er:YAG laser; human dentin; laser ablation; radiant exposure;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3830-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292650
Filename
5292650
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