Pulsed HF laser ablation of dentin

Eirini I. Papagiakoumou; Dimitris N. Papadopoulos; Mersini I. Makropoulou; Maruan G. Khabbaz; Alexander A. Serafetinides

doi:10.1117/12.611336

23 March 2005 Pulsed HF laser ablation of dentin

Eirini I. Papagiakoumou, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, Mersini I. Makropoulou, Maruan G. Khabbaz, Alexander A. Serafetinides

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Proceedings Volume 5777, XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611336
Event: XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The interaction of a TEA (Transversally Excited Atmospheric pressure) corona preionized oscillator double amplifier HF (hydrogen fluoride) laser beam with dentin tissue is reported. Pulses of 39 ns in the wavelength range of 2.65-3.35 μm and output energies in the range of 10-45 mJ, in a predominantly TEM₀₀ beam were used to interact with dentin tissue. Ablation experiments were conducted with the laser beam directly focused on the tissue. Several samples of freshly extracted human teeth were used, cut longitudinally in facets of about 1mm thick and stored in phosphate buffered saline after being cleaned from the soft tissue remains. The experimental data (ablation thresholds, ablation rates) are discussed with respect to the ablation mechanism(s). Adequate tissue removal was observed and the ablation behavior was, in the greates part of the available fluences, almost linear. From the microscopic examination of teh samples, in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the irradiated surfaces displayed oval craters (reflecting the laser beam shape) with absence of any melting or carbonization zone. It is suggested that the specific laser removes hard tissue by a combined photothermal and plasma mediated ablation mechanism, leaving a surface free from thermal damage and with a well-shaped crater.

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Eirini I. Papagiakoumou, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, Mersini I. Makropoulou, Maruan G. Khabbaz, and Alexander A. Serafetinides "Pulsed HF laser ablation of dentin", Proc. SPIE 5777, XV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, (23 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611336

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