Researchers are developing a tool that may someday help dentists identify high acidity.
Dental cavities and gum disease disproportionately impact low-income and rural communities. The major culprit is tooth decay, caused by a buildup of acid and plaque. Researchers are developing a tool that may someday help dentists identify high acidity. It is a hand-held device that can assess the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Novel Light-Based Technologies for the Detection, Diagnosis, and Selective Removal of Dental Decay
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High-precision light-based technologies are leading the way to a new era of minimally invasive dentistry. Optical methods developed by Dr. Daniel Fried ’ s group can instantly image dental caries, an approach shown to have higher performance than X-rays for diagnosis of tooth decay. Novel diagnostic and therapeutic devices built by Dr. Fried ’ s team take advantage of the optical properties of hard tissues exposed to long wavelengths of light in the near-infrared and infrared. Dental enamel becomes highly transparent near an infrared wavelength of 1300 nm, which is ideally suited for capturing images...
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