Effects of pulsed CO2 laser in caries-selective ablation

Carmen Colojoara; Ion David; Mariana Marinovici

doi:10.1117/12.203575

8 March 1995 Effects of pulsed CO₂ laser in caries selective ablation

Carmen Colojoara, Ion David, Mariana Marinovici

Proceedings Volume 2461, ROMOPTO '94: Fourth Conference in Optics; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203575
Event: ROMOPTO '94: 4th Conference on Optics, 1994, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

We have evaluated the effect of pulsed carbon dioxide laser in the treatment for deep carious decay. The so called `caries profonda' is still a problem for conservative dentistry. A `Valvfivre' Master 20S carbon dioxide laser was pulsed to determine the effects on dentine and for testing the properties of softened dentine in selective ablation. Laser treatment parameters were from 1 to 2 W, 50 to 150 ms, 200 to 320 Hz. Fifteen human teeth samples were exposed to irradiation: extracted third molar were exposed to CO₂ pulsed laser to determine in vitro the effects on pulp morphology. The tissue samples were analyzed histologically and by means of scanning electron microscopy for evidence of thermal damage. Next, we have evaluated the morphologic changes in vivo on 10 cases in patients with deep carious decay. Pulsed infrared lasers are capable of inducing physical and chemical changes in dentine structure. The results showed an artificially sclerosing and micro-hardness on the remaining dentine. CO₂ laser can vaporized carious dentine.

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Carmen Colojoara, Ion David, and Mariana Marinovici "Effects of pulsed CO₂ laser in caries selective ablation", Proc. SPIE 2461, ROMOPTO '94: Fourth Conference in Optics, (8 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203575

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