Lasers In Dental Diagnosis

K. E. Everse; T. W. Sinor; E. R. Menzel

doi:10.1117/12.966941

1 January 1987 Lasers In Dental Diagnosis

K. E. Everse, T. W. Sinor, E. R. Menzel

Proceedings Volume 0743, Fluorescence Detection; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966941
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We have investigated the potential of lasers for real time in situ dental diagnosis via transillumination of teeth and gums and via fluorescence. Not surprisingly, absorption and/or scattering of light by teeth was found to be insensitive to light color. However, monochromatic transillumination revealed detail better than white light. Transillumination of gums was best performed with orange-red light because of tissue absorption. Illumination of oral structures by 488 nm Ar-laser light was effective in revealing diagnosis detail by fluorescence. Incipient caries and fine tooth fracture lines that are generally not revealed by radiography were observable by laser.

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K. E. Everse, T. W. Sinor, and E. R. Menzel "Lasers In Dental Diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 0743, Fluorescence Detection, (1 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966941

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