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| MCER0064-1 | Module 4 : Laser Safety and Properties of lasers and their applications in dentistry
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| Lecturer : | Collégialité |
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| Coordinator : | Samir Namour |
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| English language |
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| Security rules:
- Glasses selection
- Responsibility and security
- Safety rules for environment
- Safety rules when lasering
- Sterilization and maintenance
- International review on security rules
Laser safety and law requierements
Laser handling:
- Light guidance principles
- Transmission systems and their diversity
Construction, function, properties of laser systems in dentistry and their clinical applications:
- Aragon laser (488 & 514 nm)
- He-Ne laser (632 nm)
- Alexandrite laser (755 nm)
- Diode lasers (808 & 980 nm)
- Nd: YAG laser (1064 nm)
- Ho: YAG KTP laser (532 nm)
- Nd: YAP laser (1340 nm)
- Ho: YAG laser (2100 nm)
- Er: YAG laser (2940 nm)
- Er, Cr: YSGG laser (2780 nm)
- CO2 laser (9600& 10600 nm)
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