Measurement of the refractive index of human teeth by optical coherence tomography. Academic Article

abstract

• We describe a novel method based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the accurate measurement of the refractive index of in vitro human teeth. We obtain the refractive indices of enamel, dentin, and cementum to be 1.631+/-0.007, 1.540+/-0.013, and 1.582+/-0.010, respectively. The profile of the refractive index is readily obtained via an OCT B scan across a tooth. This method can be used to study the refractive index changes caused by dental decay and therefore has great potential for the clinical diagnosis of early dental caries.

authors

• Lan, Shoufeng

published proceedings

• J Biomed Opt

altmetric score

• 5.85

author list (cited authors)

• Meng, Z., Yao, X. S., Yao, H., Liang, Y., Liu, T., Li, Y., Wang, G., & Lan, S.

citation count

• 133

complete list of authors

• Meng, Zhuo||Yao, X Steve||Yao, Hui||Liang, Yan||Liu, Tiegen||Li, Yanni||Wang, Guanhua||Lan, Shoufeng

publication date

• May 2009

publisher

• SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Biomedical Optics  Journal

keywords

• Analysis Of Variance
• Dental Caries
• Dental Cementum
• Dental Enamel
• Dentin
• Humans
• Models, Biological
• Optical Fibers
• Refractometry
• Reproducibility Of Results
• Tomography, Optical Coherence
• Tooth

PubMed Central ID

• 19566303

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/1.3130322

start page

• 034010

end page

• 034010

volume

• 14

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3130322