Figure 4
From: Thermal effect of a 445 nm diode laser on five dental implant systems: an in vitro study
In vitro experimental setup. The implant-bearing bone is fixed in a water bath (37 °C). The 320 µm optical laser fiber of the SIROLaser Blue (Dentsply Sirona; Bensheim, Germany) aimed 90 degrees toward the dental implant surface in a horizontal direction. Two thermocouples were applied for temperature recordings on the side of laser irradiation: (1) at the implant–bone interface (black line) and (2) 3 mm above the most apical region of each implant (green line).
