Biomaterial Database

Current applications of lasers in periodontics. 1992

M J Danesh-Meyer

Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010510	Periodontal Diseases	Pathological processes involving the PERIODONTIUM including the gum (GINGIVA), the alveolar bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS), the DENTAL CEMENTUM, and the PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT.	Parodontosis,Pyorrhea Alveolaris,Disease, Periodontal,Diseases, Periodontal,Parodontoses,Periodontal Disease
D003728	Dental Calculus	Abnormal concretion or calcified deposit that forms around the teeth or dental prostheses.	Tartar,Calculus, Dental
D003807	Dentin Sensitivity	Pain associated with exposed DENTIN surfaces of the teeth.	Dentin Hypersensitivity,Dentine Hypersensitivity,Dentine Sensitivity,Tooth Sensitivity,Dentin Hypersensitivities,Dentin Sensitivities,Dentine Hypersensitivities,Dentine Sensitivities,Hypersensitivities, Dentin,Hypersensitivities, Dentine,Hypersensitivity, Dentin,Hypersensitivity, Dentine,Sensitivities, Dentin,Sensitivities, Dentine,Sensitivities, Tooth,Sensitivity, Dentin,Sensitivity, Dentine,Sensitivity, Tooth,Tooth Sensitivities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016745	Root Planing	A procedure for smoothing of the roughened root surface or cementum of a tooth after subgingival curettage or scaling, as part of periodontal therapy.	Planing, Root,Planings, Root,Root Planings
D053685	Laser Therapy	The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue.	Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser