Selective near-UV ablation of subgingival dental calculus: measurement of removal rates

J. E. Schoenly; W. Seka; P. Rechmann

doi:10.1117/12.849336

5 March 2010 Selective near-UV ablation of subgingival dental calculus: measurement of removal rates

J. E. Schoenly, W. Seka, P. Rechmann

Proceedings Volume 7549, Lasers in Dentistry XVI; 754906 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849336
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A noncontact profilometer (laser triangulation) was used to measure the removal rates of subgingival dental calculus irradiated with a frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser (60-ns pulse duration, 400-nm wavelength, 10-Hz repetition rate, 7-mJ pulse energy). Profilometer traces before and after irradiation were used to create a removal map with 4-μm axial and 15-μm transverse resolution. Twenty-three teeth (15 with calculus and 8 pristine) were irradiated at 90° and 45° under a cooling water spray with a super-Gaussian beam (~300-μm diameter). Subgingival calculus was selectively removed at 5.6 and 4.0 J/cm² for 90° and 45°, respecetively, within a range of rates, between 2 to 9 μm/pulse. These ablation rates were constant during these exposures. For comparison, pristine cementum irradiated for 10 min at the same peak fluence and pulse repetition rate showed only craters, 15 to 50 μm deep, corresponding to an equivalent removal rate three orders of magnitude smaller than that obtained for calculus. Pristine enamel was not removed under the same irradiation conditions.

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J. E. Schoenly, W. Seka, and P. Rechmann "Selective near-UV ablation of subgingival dental calculus: measurement of removal rates", Proc. SPIE 7549, Lasers in Dentistry XVI, 754906 (5 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849336

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