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KMID : 0358920000270040558
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2000 Volume.27 No. 4 p.558 ~ p.563
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Treatment of dental caries by er:YAG laser in children
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Jang Eun-Young
Lee Sang-Ho
Lee Chang-Seep
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Abstract
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The lasers have been used in dentistry for more than 30 years and the application of lasers for drilling dental hard tissue has been investigated since the early development of lasers. Recently, the Er:YAG laser was invented for hard tissue ablation.
The Er:YAG laser, having a wavelength of 2.94um, is highly absorbed in both water and hydroxiapatite, leading to a very effective material for hard tissue removal by bursting off the solid tissue component : that is, enamel and dentin are removed by the Er:YAG laser by water vaporization and microexplosion, without any melting of inorganic tissues. Therefore, the Er:YAG laser produced round craters with well defined margins and the surrounding tissues had no cracks and no charring.
When used for cavity preparation, pulpal damage should not occur if hear buildup is minimized by careful selection of exposure parameters and by use of a water spray.
The present study demonstrated that the Er:YAG laser cut the tooth substance adequately for composite resin restoration, without having undesirable side effects such as harmful effects on the pulp, discoloration or cracking etc.
Also, the child patients were well cooperative during laser treatment mainly because of little noise, lesser vibration and minimal pain compared to conventional means of cavity preparation.
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KEYWORD
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Er: YAG laser, Hard tissue ablation, Microexplosion, Water spray, Laser parameter
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