Microscopic and Crystallographic Analysis of Increased Acid Resistance of Melted Dental Enamel Using 445 nm Diode Laser: An Ex-Vivo Study.

Samir Nammour, Marwan El Mobadder, Aldo Brugnera, Praveen Arany, Mireille El Feghali, Paul Nahas, Alain Vanheusden

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Enhancement of Fluoride Retention in Human Enamel Using Low-Energy Blue Diode Laser (445 nm): An Ex Vivo Study.Micromachines · 2025
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Samir NammourDepartment of Dental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0321-9764

Marwan El MobadderLaser Laboratory, Oral Surgery Department, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-425 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1813-2688

Aldo BrugneraDepartment of Dental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8634-743X

Praveen AranyOral Biology, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6116-2340

Mireille El FeghaliDepartment of Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Hadath Campus, Beirut 1003, Lebanon.

Paul NahasDepartment of Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Hadath Campus, Beirut 1003, Lebanon.

Alain VanheusdenDepartment of Dental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium.

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PMID40863079

DOI10.3390/dj13080376

PMCPMC12385602

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