Duration
Number of credits
| University certificate : training in "the use of lasers in dental medicine" | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Interaction laser-tissues: a physical paint of view:
- Optical properties of biologic tissues
- Light absorption in water
- Light absorption in hydroxyapatite
- Linear and non-linear interaction processes: coagulation, vaporisation ablation, disruption, etc
Interaction laser-tissues: a biological point of view:
- Light absorption in water
- Light absorption in hydroxyapatite
- Light absorption in melanin, haemoglobin, proteins, etc
- Thermal side effects
- Influence of some parameters on the laser efficiency
- Linear and non-linear interaction processes: coagulation, vaporization, ablation, disruption, etc