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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3369</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13328</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Comparison of Effectiveness of Diode Laser with Er: Yag Laser on Fluoride Uptake of Enamel Surface Using Acidic and Neutral Topical Fluorides: An In-Vitro Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Baid</surname><given-names>Rutika</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rathi</surname><given-names>Nilesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jain</surname><given-names>Shreyans Aditya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Thosar</surname><given-names>Nilima</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Baliga</surname><given-names>Sudhindra</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mehta</surname><given-names>Jayati</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>168</fpage><lpage>174</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Topical fluoride plays a vital role in the prevention of dental caries. Fluoride reduces enamel dissolution during acid attack.Laser irradiation also an adjunct to conventional caries prevention techniques. Objective: To compare __ampersandsignldquo;the effectiveness of__ampersandsignrdquo; diode __ampersandsignldquo;laser with__ampersandsignrdquo;Er:YAG laser on fluoride uptake of enamel surface using acidic and neutral topical fluorides. Methods: Enamel of each halved tooth specimens were painted with nail polish __ampersandsignldquo;varnish leaving a window__ampersandsignrdquo; of 5x5 mm of exposed enamel. One half of the sectioned tooth was taken as the control group, (n=40) and it__ampersandsignrsquo;s corresponding half as the experimental group (n=40). These two groups were further subdivided into 4 subgroups of 10 samples each depending upon the pH of topical fluoride and wavelength of the laser used. __ampersandsignldquo;Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D__ampersandsignrdquo; were marked as control groups and Group E, Group F, Group G and Group H marked as the experimental groups. Results: Fluoride ion-selective electrode and potentiometric analysis was used to calculate the mean fluoride uptake on the enamel surface of teeth. Er: YAG laser and diode laser after fluoride application on teeth demonstrated higher uptake of fluoride not only on enamel surface but also into the deeper structures. But, Er: YAG laser showed better results than diode laser for the incorporation of fluoride in teeth. Conclusion: APF-Er: YAG laser combination is most effective in the incorporation of fluoride in the teeth followed by NaF-Er: YAG, APF-Diode and NaF-Diode combination being the least.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Topical Fluoride</kwd><kwd> Diode Laser</kwd><kwd> Er: Yag Laser</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
