Dental enamel formation and implications for oral health and disease

RS Lacruz, S Habelitz, JT Wright… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Dental enamel is the hardest and most mineralized tissue in extinct and extant vertebrate
species and provides maximum durability that allows teeth to function as weapons and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Application of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for diagnosis of caries, cracks, and defects of restorations

Y Shimada, A Sadr, Y Sumi, J Tagami - Current oral health reports, 2015 - Springer
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive technique providing cross-sectional
images of a tooth structure. This review describes the use of OCT for detecting dental caries …

[PDF][PDF] The use of optical coherence tomography in dental diagnostics: a state-of-the-art review

M Machoy, J Seeliger… - Journal of …, 2017 - downloads.hindawi.com
Optical coherence tomography provides sections of tissues in a noncontact and noninvasive
manner. The device measures the time delay and intensity of the light scattered or reflected …

The effect of bioactive glasses on enamel remineralization: A systematic review

AA Taha, MP Patel, RG Hill, PS Fleming - Journal of dentistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction/Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of bioactive glasses in
promoting enamel remineralization. Data An electronic search with a complementary gray …

Translucency of human teeth and dental restorative materials and its clinical relevance

YK Lee - Journal of biomedical optics, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose was to review the translucency of human teeth and related dental materials that
should be considered for the development of esthetic restorative materials. Translucency is …

Alternative methods to visual and radiographic examinations for approximal caries detection

N Abogazalah, M Ando - Journal of oral science, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A shift in caries prevalence from occlusal surfaces to approximal surfaces has been
demonstrated by epidemiological studies. Two recent meta-analyses evaluated the …

The effect different substrates have on the trueness and precision of eight different intraoral scanners

E Dutton, M Ludlow, A Mennito, A Kelly… - Journal of Esthetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This in vitro study compares the newest generation of intraoral scanners to their
older counterparts, and tests whether material substrates affect the trueness and precision of …

Influence of preparation type and tooth geometry on the accuracy of different intraoral scanners

Y Ashraf, A Sabet, A Hamdy… - Journal of Prosthodontics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the influence of preparation design and tooth geometry on the
accuracy of scans obtained from three different intraoral scanners (IOS). Materials and …

Real-time in-depth imaging of gap formation in bulk-fill resin composites

J Hayashi, J Espigares, T Takagaki, Y Shimada… - Dental Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives This study visualized in real-time the gap forming of bulk-fill resin composites
during polymerization using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods Light-cured bulk …

Validation of swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) for the diagnosis of smooth surface caries in vitro

H Nakagawa, A Sadr, Y Shimada, J Tagami, Y Sumi - Journal of dentistry, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: An accurate evaluation of the extent of dental caries and possible progress of
the lesion from enamel into dentin is very important in clinical dentistry. Dentists need an …