Treatment of dental decay by CO2 laser beam: Preliminary results

Autor: M. T. Chaumette, Y. Pinaudeau, R. Hassson, J. Melcer, J. Dejardin, R. Merard, F. Melcer, R. Weill
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 4:311-321
ISSN: 1096-9101
0196-8092
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900040403
Popis: Results obtained from two clinical cases, representative of 1,140 human teeth treated by CO2 laser beam during 3 years, announce a new conception of treatment of dental caries. The beam (P = 4 - 5 W, energy density of 9 to 25 kw/cm2) causes a dentin healing which becomes sterile, chemically and physically more resistant than pathological dentin. In addition, this exposure leads to an activation of the dentinogenesis supported by X-ray, confirming histo-pathological results obtained from experiments performed on animals.
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