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Laser Use in Dental Caries Management

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Lasers in Dentistry—Current Concepts

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Abstract

This chapter explores the range of benefits that relate to laser-assisted oral hard tissue management and details aspects of each wavelength in delivering adjunctive therapy. Of the currently available wavelengths of dental lasers, at the moment, only three can be used for hard tissue.

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Poli, R., Buoncristiani, F., Dua, D., Weintraub, J. (2023). Laser Use in Dental Caries Management. In: Coluzzi, D.J., Parker, S.P.A. (eds) Lasers in Dentistry—Current Concepts. Textbooks in Contemporary Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43338-2_8

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