Contact pulsed Nd:YAG ablation of human dentin: ablation rates and tissue effects

David M. Harris; Michael J. Yessik

doi:10.1117/12.184925

7 September 1994 Contact pulsed Nd:YAG ablation of human dentin: ablation rates and tissue effects

David M. Harris, Michael J. Yessik

Proceedings Volume 2128, Laser Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.184925
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Dentin from freshly extracted human teeth was exposed to flashlamp pumped Nd:YAG pulses (100 microsecond(s) duration, 50 - 200 mJ/pulse) delivered through a flat cut fiberoptic in contact with the dentin surface. Ablation depth and volume were measured optically and confirmed with electron microscope morphometrics. Ablation depth increased with force applied at the fiber tip up to 5 - 10 g. Above this ablation depths were insensitive to applied force. Craters made in dental stone were deeper and narrower than those made in normal dentin. Ablation depths per pulse and volumes per pulse decrease as the number of pulses increase. This is more prominent for 200 mJ pulses. At 60 mJ the ablation depths are the same from 10 to 100 Hz repetition rates, although qualitative changes (collateral damage) are greater at higher repetition rates. A progressive increase in collateral damage is seen from the 1st through the 200th pulse.

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David M. Harris and Michael J. Yessik "Contact pulsed Nd:YAG ablation of human dentin: ablation rates and tissue effects", Proc. SPIE 2128, Laser Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems IV, (7 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.184925

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