Open AccessOptimal power settings of aluminum gallium arsenide lasers in caries inhibition - An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Sonali Sharma,
Mithra N Hegde,
Vandana Sadananda,
Blessen Mathews
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.178704
Subject(s) - analysis of variance , laser , gallium arsenide , materials science , irradiation , tukey's range test , post hoc , dentistry , mathematics , optics , medicine , optoelectronics , statistics , physics , nuclear physics
Incipient carious lesions are characterized by subsurface dissolution due to more fluoride ions in the 50-100 microns of the tooth's outer surface.