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Daniel Fried1, John D B Featherstone, Cynthia L Darling, Robert S Jones, Patara Ngaotheppitak, Christopher M Bühler.
Abstract
Enamel is highly transparent in the near infrared (NIR); therefore, this region of the electromagnetic spectrum is suited ideally for the development of new optical diagnostic tools for the detection and imaging of early dental caries. This article discusses the NIR optical properties of sound and demineralized dental enamel and the potential use of polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography and NIR transillumination for the imaging of dental caries.Mesh:
Year: 2005 PMID: 16150316 DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2005.05.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dent Clin North Am ISSN: 0011-8532