Title :
Optical technology for conservative dentistry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci., California Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
New optical diagnostic tools utilizing near-IR light hold considerable promise for the early detection and diagnosis of dental caries, and IR lasers are ideally suited for the conservative removal and modification of these early lesions
Keywords :
dentistry; laser applications in medicine; patient diagnosis; IR lasers; conservative removal; dental caries; dental phobias; early detection; early diagnosis; early lesions; near-IR light; optical diagnostic tools; Chemical lasers; Dentistry; Lesions; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Surface topography; Surface treatment; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969306
