TY - JOUR
T1 - Early caries imaging and monitoring with near-infrared light
AU - Fried, Daniel
AU - Featherstone, John D.B.
AU - Darling, Cynthia L.
AU - Jones, Robert S.
AU - Ngaotheppitak, Patara
AU - Bühler, Christopher M.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - 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 senitive optical coherence tomography and NIR transillumination for the imaging of dental caries.
AB - 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 senitive optical coherence tomography and NIR transillumination for the imaging of dental caries.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cden.2005.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.cden.2005.05.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16150316
AN - SCOPUS:24344446502
SN - 0011-8532
VL - 49
SP - 771
EP - 793
JO - Dental clinics of North America
JF - Dental clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -