Histologic analysis of the effect on dental pulp of a 9.6-microm CO(2) laser.

Background And Objective: Both patients and dentists would like a replacement of the dental drill. During the last decade, lasers have been investigated as a possible replacement. For lasers to be accepted, studies must show that their effect on the dental pulpal tissues is equal to or less noxious than those effects caused by the dental handpiece (drill).

A note on the analysis of ligand binding by the 'double-logarithmic' plot.

The double-logarithmic plot has been employed for the fluorometric analysis of ligand binding. This analysis is valid only for 1:1 binding of a non-aggregating ligand and if the plot is based on the free, and not the total, ligand concentration.