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Early detection of tooth wear by en- face optical coherence tomography

Mărcăuţeanu, Corina and Negrutiu, Meda and Sinescu, Cosmin and Demjan, Eniko and Hughes, Mike and Bradu, Adrian and Dobre, George and Podoleanu, Adrian Gh. (2009) Early detection of tooth wear by en- face optical coherence tomography. In: Lasers in Dentistry XV. Proceedings of SPIE . SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-7408-7. (doi:10.1117/12.809828) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:49469)

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Abstract

Excessive dental wear (pathological attrition and/or abfractions) is a frequent complication in bruxing patients. The parafunction causes heavy occlusal loads. The aim of this study is the early detection and monitoring of occlusal overload in bruxing patients. En-face optical coherence tomography was used for investigating and imaging of several extracted tooth, with a normal morphology, derived from patients with active bruxism and from subjects without parafunction. We found a characteristic pattern of enamel cracks in patients with first degree bruxism and with a normal tooth morphology. We conclude that the en-face optical coherence tomography is a promising non-invasive alternative technique for the early detection of occlusal overload, before it becomes clinically evident as tooth wear.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1117/12.809828
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: C7 - 716205 [EPrints field already has value set] LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Occlusion, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Prostheses Technology and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints] C3 - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Bruxism, En - face optical coherence tomography, Occlusal overload, Bruxism, Dental wears, Early detections, En - face optical coherence tomography, Non-invasive, Occlusal overload, Dentistry, Optical tomography, Tomography, Tooth enamel, Coherent light
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R857.O6 Optical instruments
R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2015 16:05 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:20 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/49469 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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