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ArticleLasers in surgery and medicine2017

Automated ablation of dental composite using an IR pulsed laser coupled to a plume emission spectral feedback system.

Andrew T Jang, Kenneth H Chan, Daniel Fried

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Article in Lasers in surgery and medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2020
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  3. Selective ablation of dental caries using coaxial CoLasers in surgery and medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew T JangDivision of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143.
Kenneth H ChanDivision of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143.
Daniel FriedDivision of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Selective Ablation of Dental Caries and CompositesR01DE019631 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FRIED, DANIEL · 2009 to 2017
$2.7M
Spectral and Image-guided Laser Ablation for Dental ApplicationsF31DE026350 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHAN, KENNETH HENRY · 2017 to 2018
$76k
NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE026350NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019631
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this study is to assemble a laser system for the selective removal of dental composite from tooth surfaces, that is feasible for clinical use incorporating a spectral feedback system, a scanning system, articulating arm and a clinical hand-piece, and evaluate the performance of that system on extracted teeth.

methodsTen extracted teeth were collected and small fillings were placed on the occlusal surface of each tooth. A clinical system featuring a CO

resultsThe system was capable of rapidly removing composite from small preparations on tooth occlusal surfaces with a mean loss of enamel of less than 20 μm.

conclusionWe have demonstrated that spectral feedback can be successfully employed in an automated system for composite removal by incorporating dual photodiodes and a galvanometer controlled CO

Indexed as

Composite ResinsFeasibility StudiesHumansLasers, GasTomography, Optical CoherenceToothComposite Resinsclinical handpiececompositeselective laser ablationspectral feedback

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PMID28467687
PMCPMC5568963
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