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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292650
