Lasers in Surgery and Medicine Assessment of Early Occlusal Caries Pre- and Post- Sealant Application—An Imaging Approach
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Jennifer S. Holtzman, DDS, MPH, Jami Ballantine, BS, Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, Alex Wang, BS, Alden Calantog, BS, Erika Benavides, DDS, PhD, Carlos Gonzalez-Cabezas, DDS, MSD, PhD, Zhongping Chen, PhD, and Petra Wilder-Smith, DDS, PhD School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92617 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92617
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Assessment of early occlusal caries pre- and post-sealant application--an imaging approach.
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