Treatment of tooth fracture by medium energy CO 2 laser and DP-bioactive glass paste: compositional, structural, and phase changes of DP-bioglass paste after irradiation by CO 2 laser

• Published in: Biomaterials Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 637 - 643
• Main Authors: Lin, Chun-Pin, Lin, Feng-Huei, Tseng, Ya-Chun, Kok, Sang-Heng, Lan, Wan-Hong, Liao, Jiunn-Der
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2000
• Subjects: Calcium phosphate monohydrate; CO 2 laser; DP-bioactive glass; Paste; Phase transformation; Thermal behavior; Phase transformation; DP-bioactive glass; Calcium phosphate monohydrate; Paste; CO 2 laser; Thermal behavior

Nowadays, fractured teeth are difficult to treat effectively. Currently, root fractures are usually treated by root amputation, hemisection or tooth extraction. If the fusion of tooth fracture by laser were possible, it would offer a different therapy to repair fracture teeth. We tried to use a deve...