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Root caries in vitro after low fluence argon laser and fluoride treatment
M J Hicks1, C M Flaitz, G H Westerman
1Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, USA.
Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Because the numbers of dentate elderly are increasing, root caries prevention has become a great concern to the dental profession. This in vitro study evaluates the influence of combining low fluence argon laser treatment and acidulated phosphate fluoride treatment on caries initiation and progression in human root surfaces. The combination of low energy laser treatment and fluoride treatment increased the caries resistance of root surfaces when compared with no treatment and with laser irradiation treatment alone.