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Experimental studies of the possibilities of diagnosing caries in the solid tissues of a tooth by means of terahertz radiation

Smirnov, S.V., Grachev, Y.V., Tsypkin, A.N., Bespalov, V.G.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Смирнов С.В., Грачёв Я.В., Цыпкин А.Н., Беспалов В.Г. Экспериментальные исследования возможностей диагностирования кариеса в твердых тканях зуба с помощью терагерцового излучения // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 8. С. 58–62.

Smirnov S.V., Grachev Ya.V., Tsypkin A.N., Bespalov V.G. Experimental studies of the possibilities of diagnosing caries in the solid tissues of a tooth by means of terahertz radiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 8. P. 58–62.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. V. Smirnov, Ya. V. Grachev, A. N. Tsypkin, and V. G. Bespalov, "Experimental studies of the possibilities of diagnosing caries in the solid tissues of a tooth by means of terahertz radiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(8), 464-467 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000464

Abstract:

Spectroscopic and tomographic studies on the solid tissues of a human tooth have been carried out in the terahertz (THz) frequency range. It is experimentally shown that, in samples of dental tissue damaged by caries, the absorption lines of water in the THz region have higher intensity by comparison with the intensity of healthy tissue. The radiation intensity in the THz frequency range reflected from samples of human dental enamel damaged by caries in this case is smaller by a factor of 2.2 and from samples of dentine is smaller by a factor of 4.5 by comparison with samples of healthy tissue.

Keywords:

terahertz radiation, spectroscopy, tomography

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with state financial support of the leading universities of the Russian Federation (Subsidy 074-U01).

OCIS codes: 170.4580, 170.1850, 170.0110, 170.6280, 170.4500, 170.6795

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