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Quote: from Swpmn on 5:30 pm on Nov. 28, 2003 in the How to laser anaesthesize by Edwin Kwok @ 6:57 am on Nov. 25, 2003 Thread
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What is the exact reference(re:waveguide) or can you post the discussion in the reference section so that we may all read? Perhaps this could explain the mechanism of action of erbium laser anesthesia.
Al
Lasers in Dentistry (Miserendino and Pick)
Quintessence Publishing 1995
Chapter 19 – Modern Optics and Dentistry
from page 287
…For example, radiation scattered in enamel and dentin can be entrapped by these natural waveguides and transported from the enamel to the pulp chamber…
The rest of the discussion gets quite mathmatical. If you like Niemz, you’ll enjoy the rest of the discussion.
