Caries Management with the Light

Since lasers were first used for cavity preparation in 1964 by Goldman et al., there have been several reports of their application to clinical dentistry. They are widely used for incising oral soft tissue, hemostasis, coagulation, and evaporation in oral and periodontal surgery, and have recently b...

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Published inThe Journal of Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 75 - 81
Main Authors Yoshikawa, Kazushi, Yamamoto, Kazuyo
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine 15.07.2022
Subjects
caries
caries management
laser
light
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Summary:Since lasers were first used for cavity preparation in 1964 by Goldman et al., there have been several reports of their application to clinical dentistry. They are widely used for incising oral soft tissue, hemostasis, coagulation, and evaporation in oral and periodontal surgery, and have recently been reported a new finding about the caries treatment. We report that the possibility of the caries diagnosis, caries prevention, selective removal of the caries with the light.
ISSN:0288-6200
1881-1639
DOI:10.2530/jslsm.jslsm-43_0019