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Ablation Precision and Thermal Effects of a Picosecond Infrared Laser (PIRL) on Roots of Human Teeth: A Pilot Study
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- Controllable Surface Structures of Hydroxyapatite Processed by Picosecond Laser in Air and Underwater: A Comparative Study of Experiment and Simulation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Wavelength Dependence of Intact Protein Extraction Using Femtosecond Laser Ablation.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2025Article
- Nanosecond infrared laser (NIRL) for cutting roots of human teeth: thermal effects and quality of cutting edges.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Infrared Laser Ablation and Capture of Biological Tissue.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Making In Vitro Tumor Models Whole Again.Advanced healthcare materials · 2023Review
- A Novel Method for Adjusting the Taper and Adaption of Automatic Tooth Preparations with a High-Power Femtosecond Laser.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
aimPicosecond infrared laser (PIRL) was investigated regarding its possible therapeutic application in cutting dental roots. MATERIALS AND
methodsExtracted human teeth were processed in the root area by laser ablations followed by histological evaluation. Dentin adjacent to the cutting surface was evaluated morphometrically.
resultsPIRL produced clearly defined cutting boundaries in dental roots. At the bottom of the cavity, the ablation surface became slightly concave. Heat development in this scantly hydrated tissue was considerable. We attributed the excess heating effects to heat accumulation due to multiple pulse overlap across a limited scan range imposed by tooth geometries.
conclusionDefined areas of the tooth root may be treated using the PIRL. For clinical translation, it would be necessary to improve beam delivery to facilitate beam steering for the intended oral application (e.g. by using a fiber) and identify optimal repetition rates/scan speeds combined with cooling techniques to minimize accumulated heat within ablation cavities.
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