Backspallation due to ablative recoil generated during Q-switched Er:YAG ablation of dental hard tissue

Daniel Fried; Ramesh K. Shori; Clifford W. Duhn

doi:10.1117/12.306010

22 April 1998 Backspallation due to ablative recoil generated during Q-switched Er:YAG ablation of dental hard tissue

Daniel Fried, Ramesh K. Shori, Clifford W. Duhn

Proceedings Volume 3248, Lasers in Dentistry IV; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306010
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suitability of Q-switched Er:YAG radiation with a pulse duration of approximately 150 ns for caries ablation in dental enamel and dentin. The rate and efficiency of ablation were determined at various laser fluences via perforation of enamel and dentin thin slabs. Peripheral thermal and acoustic damage was evaluated using optical and electron microscopy. Enamel and dentin were ablated with extremely high precision without peripheral thermal damage using these short laser pulses. However, mechanical damage resulted from stress transients produced during the ablative process which caused fracture s in dentin and enamel on the back side of the perforated tissue samples. The thickness of the layer of spallated dentin increased linearly with deposited energy consistent with proposed models. The possibility of acoustic-mechanical damage may limit the maximum single pulse energy that may be deposited when using short pulsed Er:YAG lasers for hard tissue use. This work was supported by NIH/NIDR Grant R29DE12091.

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Daniel Fried, Ramesh K. Shori, and Clifford W. Duhn "Backspallation due to ablative recoil generated during Q-switched Er:YAG ablation of dental hard tissue", Proc. SPIE 3248, Lasers in Dentistry IV, (22 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306010

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