Abstract
Recently there has been much interest in lasers and their potential use to replace the dental drill. The research has been directed towards vital dental tissues. It must be understood that any laser to be used in dentistry which will replace the dental drill must also ablate and remove existing dental materials. Some concern exists about the ablation products when the Er:YAG laser is used to ablate dental materials. It is incumbent on the professionals using these lasers to understand the materials being produced by these lasers and protect themselves and their patients from possible toxic products. It is the intent of this paper to evaluate the products produced by the ablation of both dental amalgam and composite dental restorative materials and compare them with those produced by the traditional dental handpiece (drill).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Publisher | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| Pages | 230-235 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 2394 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0819417416, 9780819417411 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1995 |
| Event | Lasers in Dentistry - San Jose, CA, USA Duration: Feb 5 1995 → Feb 6 1995 |
Other
| Other | Lasers in Dentistry |
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| City | San Jose, CA, USA |
| Period | 2/5/95 → 2/6/95 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering