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Scientists Unveil New Way to Analyse Tooth Enamel Using Lasers
Described in the open-access journal Optics Express, the new approach involves measuring how the surface of a tooth responds to laser-generated ultrasound, which can help evaluate the mineral content of tooth enamel-the semi-translucent outer layer of a tooth that protects the underlying dentin.
This is the first time that any research team has been able to non-destructively measure the elasticity of human teeth, creating a method that can be used to assess oral health and predict emerging dental problems, such as tooth decay and cavities.
"The ultimate goal is to come up with a quick, efficient, cost-effective, and non-destructive way to evaluate the mineralization of human dental enamel," says David Hsiao-Chuan Wang, a graduate student at the University of Sydney in Australia and first author on the paper.
For research purposes, "nano-indentation" is commonly used for gaining information on the elasticity of tooth enamel-a measure of its mineral content. However, nano-indentation destroys the measured regions of the enamel in the process and is only used to look at extracted teeth.
Wang and his advisor Simon Fleming, a physics professor at the University of Sydney's Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, said that they wanted to develop a clinical method that would give as much information as nano-indentation and could be used to assess tooth enamel in actual patients while being completely non-destructive.
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09/24/2009
How does this technique differ in its clinical application, predictability of results and diagnostic abilty to Kavo's Diagnodent which I have been using succussfully for several years
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