Assessment of radicular dentin permeability after irradiation with CO2 laser and endodontic irrigation treatments with thermal imaging

Heajin Cho; Robert C. Lee; Kenneth H. Chan; Daniel Fried

doi:10.1117/12.2256735

8 February 2017 Assessment of radicular dentin permeability after irradiation with CO₂ laser and endodontic irrigation treatments with thermal imaging

Heajin Cho, Robert C. Lee, Kenneth H. Chan, Daniel Fried

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Proceedings Volume 10044, Lasers in Dentistry XXIII; 100440K (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256735
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that the permeability changes due to the surface modification of dentin can be quantified via thermal imaging during dehydration. The CO₂ laser has been shown to remove the smear layer and disinfect root canals. Moreover, thermal modification via CO₂ laser irradiation can be used to convert dentin into a highly mineralized enamel-like mineral. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the radicular dentin surface modification after CO₂ laser irradiation by measuring the permeability with thermal imaging. Human molar specimens (n=12) were sectioned into 4 axial walls of the pulp chamber and treated with either 10% NaClO for 1 minute, 5% EDTA for 1 minute, CO₂ laser or none. The CO₂ laser was operated at 9.4 μm with a pulse duration of 26 μs, pulse repetition rate of 300 Hz and a fluence of 13 J/cm². The samples were dehydrated using an air spray for 60 seconds and imaged using a thermal camera. The resulting surface morphological changes were assessed using 3D digital microscopy. The images from digital microscopy confirmed melting of the mineral phase of dentin. The area enclosed by the time-temperature curve during dehydration, ▵Q, measured with thermal imaging increased significantly with treatments with EDTA and the CO₂ laser (P<0.05). These results indicate that the surface modification due to CO₂ laser treatment increases permeability of radicular dentin.

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Heajin Cho, Robert C. Lee, Kenneth H. Chan, and Daniel Fried "Assessment of radicular dentin permeability after irradiation with CO₂ laser and endodontic irrigation treatments with thermal imaging", Proc. SPIE 10044, Lasers in Dentistry XXIII, 100440K (8 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256735

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Gas lasers

Carbon monoxide

Thermography

Laser irradiation

Minerals

Laser dentistry

Laser therapeutics

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