Scanning electron microscope study of the effects of CO2 lasers on human deciduous tooth enamel

Denise Goncalves Borges; Ii-Sei Watanabe; Aldo Brugnera Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.348352

19 May 1999 Scanning electron microscope study of the effects of CO₂ lasers on human deciduous tooth enamel

Denise Goncalves Borges, Ii-Sei Watanabe, Aldo Brugnera Jr.

Proceedings Volume 3593, Lasers in Dentistry V; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348352
Event: BiOS '99 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This study compared the effects of a new CO₂ laser device on the enamel surface of deciduous teeth in the continuous and superpulsed mode. Literature presents works on superpulsed CO₂ laser specially on bone tissue and only tow studies on permanent teeth. Deciduous exfoliated noncarious human canine teeth were used from the teeth collection of the Dentistry College of the University of Sao Paulo. The results showed specific changes on the surface of human deciduous teeth enamel after application of CO₂ laser and CO₂ laser superpulsed.

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Denise Goncalves Borges, Ii-Sei Watanabe, and Aldo Brugnera Jr. "Scanning electron microscope study of the effects of CO₂ lasers on human deciduous tooth enamel", Proc. SPIE 3593, Lasers in Dentistry V, (19 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348352

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