• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.125-133
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of various surface treatment methods on the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets in vitro. Ninety six specimens, 6 mm in diameter and 5 mm in height, were made with composite resin ($Filtek^{TM}$ Z350 XT, 3M ESPE, USA) and treated with an aging procedure. After aging, the specimens were randomly separated in six groups: (1) control with no surface treatment, (2) 37% phosphoric acid gel, (3) 4% hydrofluoric acid gel, (4) sodium bicarbonate particle abrasion, (5) diamond bur, and (6) 1 W carbon dioxide laser for 5s. The metal brackets were bonded to composite surfaces by means of an orthodontic adhesive (Transbond XT, 3M Unitek, USA). Shear bond strength values were evaluated with a universal testing machine (R&B Inc., Korea). Analysis of variance showed a significant difference between the groups. Group 5 had the highest mean shear bond strength (11.9 MPa), followed by group 6 (11.1 MPa). Among the experimental groups, group 2 resulted in the weakest mean shear bond strength (5.22 MPa). The results of this study suggest that the repair shear bond strength of the aged composite resin was acceptable by surface treatment with a carbon dioxide laser.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.153-160
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• 2003

The purpose of study was to evaluate the effects of the $CO_2$ laser irradiation on demineralization inhibition and rehardening of human primary tooth enamel by laser fluoresecence measurement. Enamel specimens were made from the human primary teeth. The center spots of the specimens about 2 mm diameter were irradiated by $CO_2$ laser at the conditions of focused continuous or defocused pulsed, 3 or 6 W, for 4 seconds, before or after the demineralization by Coca-Cola for 24 hours at $37^{\circ}C$. The Diagnodent was used to measure the degree of demineralization and rehardening. There was no significant difference between focused continuous and defocused pulsed irradiation. 6W irradiation inhibited the demineralization but 3W did not. 6W irradiation rehardened the demineralized enamel but 3W did partially. The color of enamel was changed to brown to black after 6W irradiation but 3W caused no color change. $CO_2$ laser irradiation showed the effects on demineralization inhibition and rehardening of human priamary tooth enamel, and the laser fluoresecence measurement technique seemed to be a valid evaluation method.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.142-143
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• 2000

레이저는 입력을 증가시킴에 따라 레이저의 꺼짐 상태에서 레이저의 켜짐 상태로 전이한다. 그러나 그 전이 현상에 대해서는 아직 밝혀진 바가 없다. 이때까지 이 현상은 처음 자발전이의 빛이 점점 유도전이로 바뀌며 그 빛이 점점 세어져 레이저의 출력이 생기기 시작하고 이것이 레이저 입력의 증가에 따라 연속적으로 발전하는 것으로 알려져 왔다. 그러나 이러한 결과에 반대되는 결과들이 최근 밝혀지고 있다[1-2]. 그것은 이산화탄소 레이저에서 이득을 변조시키면 방전이 불안정해지고 그 결과 레이저의 출력도 불안정해 지는데 특히 발진 문턱 근처에서 레이저의 출력은 불규칙 적으로 레이저의 출력이 사라지는 현상이 생긴다는 것이다[1]. 또 다른 하나는 cw Nd:YAG 레이저를 아크 램프로 여기시켜 발진시키면 발진 문턱 근처에서 이 레이저의 출력도 불규칙적으로 레이저의 출력이 사라지는 것으로 나타난다[2]. 이 현상은 레이저의 입력을 증가시킴에 따라 레이저의 꺼짐 상태에서 발진 상태로 전이할 때 그 중간에 불규칙적인 레이저의 꺼짐 상태가 존재한다는 것이 된다. 이 현상이 비선형 동력학의 특이한 현상 중의 하나인 on-off 간헐성임[3]이 밝혀졌다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.133-137
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• 2001

The properties of TiC/Al surface alloy prepared using a high power $CO_2$-laser was investigated. To analyze this process, the physical properties between substrate [Al] and TiC powder were measured. Surface layer size profiles, optical absorption rate and powder efficiency were measured as afunction of the laser output in TiC/Al matrix. Regardless of TiC powder existence, the absorption rate in substrate Al was decreased when laser output increased. When the laser output increased in the range of 2kW to 4.5 kW, the powder efficiency increased from 4% to 12%. However, TiC powder were not melted in molten aluminum. As a result, increased powder particles easily penetrated to the surface layer and created a two phase states in the metal matrix.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.343-348
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• 2004

We report the design and basic operating characteristics of an radio frequency excited waveguide $CO_2$ laser. Four picecs of waveguide channels are placed in one laser cavity to increase a power per unit length with the form of a 2 ${\times}$ 2 matrix. Four independent optical outputs are measured from the front of output coupler, and these beams are combined to a Gaussian mode beam far from the output coupler. A 12 W output power has been obtained with $CO_2$ : $N_2$ : He : Xe = 1 : 1 : 3 : 0.2 of the gas mixture and 200 W of radio frequency.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.119-122
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• 2010

Carbondioxide($CO_2$) laser is one of the most widely employed lasers in oral soft tissue surgery because of its excellent affinity for water based soft tissues. It has some inherent advantages such as hemostasis, less postoperative swelling, reduction of bacterial population at surgical site, less need for suturing, less scarring, and less postoperative pain compared to conventional surgical therapies including the use of scalpel, diathermy, cryotherapy and electrosurgery. A 30-years-old male was presented with gingival swelling. Clinical examination revealed a well?defined pedunculated fibrotic mass on the buccal gingiva near right maxillary 1st molar. In radiographic examination, no remarkable abnormality was seen. Excisional biopsy was performed with $CO_2$ laser (continuous wave mode, 4.0W). Histological diagnosis was "Irritation fibroma". $CO_2$ laser has advantages those are suitable for surgical treatment of intraoral lesion. If appropriate training and experience are provided, the dentist would be able to manage intraoral lesions more efficiently and successfully with the use of the $CO_2$ laser.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.37 no.1 s.356
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• pp.14-17
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• 1999

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.36 no.12 s.355
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• pp.818-821
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• 1998

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.162-168
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• 1990

Two ZnSe loss plates were installed in the resonator of waveguide CO2 laser which consisted of Pyrex capillary tube in order to change the internal loss. By rotating the loss plates, the output variations with the internalloss was measured on various discharge conditions. The variations could be explained by the Rigrod theory. and the saturation power and the unsaturated gain coefficient were determined by fitting of the experimental results. It was found that the saturation power increased while the unsaturated gain coefficient reduced as the discharge current or the gas flow rate increased.reased.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1991.06a
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• pp.3-8
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• 1991

내경이 2mm, 외경이 20 mm인 BeO 세마믹관을 이용하여 단일 발진선을 갖는 연속발진 BeO 도파관 CO2 레이저를 제작하였다. 이때 레이저의 총길이는 약 420mm이며, 공진기 길이는 365mm 이다. 가스압력비가 He : N2 : CO2 = 5 : 2 : 3 이고, 가스 입력부의 총압력이 91 torr 근처에서 이 레이저의 단일 발진선인 10P(14) line의 출력이 800 mW 이상이였으며, 횡모드는 대단히 안정된 EH11 (TEM00 에 대응) 단일모드였다. 또한 위의 조건에서 이 레이저의 tunability는 367 MHz 였다.