Application of laser Raman spectroscopy to dental diagnosis

Takahiro Izawa; Moriaki Wakaki

doi:10.1117/12.590211

23 March 2005 Application of laser Raman spectroscopy to dental diagnosis

Takahiro Izawa, Moriaki Wakaki

Proceedings Volume 5687, Lasers in Dentistry XI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590211
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2005, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The aim of this research is related with the diagnosis of caries by use of a laser. We study the fundamental characterization of the diagnosis method using both fluorescence and Raman scattering spectroscopy. We try to evaluate the possibility of the caries diagnosis using Raman spectroscopy and its clinical application. We focus on the PO34- ion that flows out with the dissolution of hydroxyapatite (HAp), and the fluorescence that increases in connection with caries. The Raman line of P-O vibration is overlapped on the continuous, background spectrum by fluorescence. Consequently, we try to find out the correlation between a healthy part and a carious part by analyzing both fluorescence and Raman spectra. It was found that Raman intensity of HAp at carious lesion was weaker than those of healthy parts and the florescence intensity at the same portions was stronger. We have obtained the feasibility to estimate the degree of caries and health condition by deriving the ratio between Raman and florescence intensity. And the trial measurements in vivo were carried out to verify the availability of the method by using a fiber probe type multi channel Raman spectrometer. The process of remineralization is under researching for the development of preventive medicine.

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Takahiro Izawa and Moriaki Wakaki "Application of laser Raman spectroscopy to dental diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 5687, Lasers in Dentistry XI, (23 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590211

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