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Selective ablation of surface enamel caries with a pulsed Nd:YAG dental laser

David Harris, Joel M. White, Harold E. Goodis, Charles J. Arcoria, James F. Simon, William M. Carpenter, Daniel Fried, John A. Burkart, M. Yessik, Terry D. Myers

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 2002 · 48 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The more conservative laser treatment removed the caries but not the sound enamel below the lesion. The pulsed Nd:YAG dental laser was found to be both safe and effective for surface caries removal.

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