Excimer Laser Processing of Dental Tissues

ISBN-13: 9783847308232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 140 str.

Sivakumar Manickam

Opis

Lasers are continuous to be an important tool in dentistry for providing comfort to the patients. Recently ultrafast lasers open the possibility for damage free treatment. In this book the processing of hard dental tissues (enamel and dentin) in vivo using excimer laser radiation is described. The influence of laser processing parameters such as radiation fluence and number of pulses on morphology, structure and chemistry of the tissues has been explained. Possible applications of excimer laser processing including dental hypersensitivity and restorative dentistry have also been discussed. The electron microscopy images of the treated tissue surfaces would be useful for dentists and researchers to understand the laser tissue interaction mechanisms.

O autorze

Sivakumar Manickam is a faculty member at Amrita University, Coimbatore(India). He completed his PhD in Materials Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal and postdoctoral training at Ryerson University, Toronto. His current research interests include ultrafast laser interaction with materials and laser nanostructuring.