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Table of Contents

Caution

Acronym

Electromagnetic spectrum

Emission

Laser propagation

Laser transitions

Laser transition equation

Gas laser

Laser Light Characteristics

Laser Delivery System

Sharplan laser

Sharplan laser handpiece

Saphire contact probe

Laser Output

Laser - Tissue Interactions

Laser tissue interactions

Laser absorption

Absorption Windows

Laser - Tissue Interaction

Laser Math

Laser Math Problem

Laser Math Problem

Laser Math Problem

Ablation

Factors related to heat generation by lasers

Temperature Requirements

Advantages (claimed) for Laser Surgery

Safety

FDA

Excimer Laser

Excimer Laser

Excimer Lasers

Excimer - Endodontics (in vitro)

Fluence equation

Caries in vitro

Energy data for the XeCl excimer laser (308 nm)

Fluence vs depth

Caries removal (Hennig, Lasers in Orthop. Dent. & Vet. Med. 1424, 99-105, 1991)

Erbium YAG Laser

Cavity Preparation

Erbium YAG Laser

Soft Tissue Effects

Periodontal Therapy

Argon laser

Enamel 002

Enamel 002, NaF 200

Enamel powder solubility

Enamel powder plus F

Enamel plus F with CO2 laser

Author: Hershall Kaufman

Email: hkaufman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

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