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Early diagnosis of tooth decay using fluorescence and polarized Raman spectroscopy

IULIAN IONIŢĂ1,*

Affiliation

  1. University of Bucharest, Physics Faculty, Optics Department, P.O. Box MG-11, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania

Abstract

Teeth fluorescence measurements are widely used in teeth decay researches, but less in clinical practice. The fluorescence spectrum strongly depends on many experimental factors. The tooth enamel must present a Raman spectrum with strong polarization anisotropy. Carious lesions of the enamel will produce an alteration of local symmetry and will increase much more scattering of light. This will reduce the anisotropy of the Raman spectra. The 959 cm-1 Raman peak has a high sensitivity to polarization in sound enamel and low sensitivity in carried enamel. Thus, Raman polarized spectroscopy could be a useful method to help fluorescence measurements in early detection of teeth caries.

Keywords

Fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, Polarization, Tooth decay.

Citation

IULIAN IONIŢĂ, Early diagnosis of tooth decay using fluorescence and polarized Raman spectroscopy, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 10, October 2009, pp.1122-1126 (2009).

Submitted at: Aug. 5, 2009

Accepted at: Oct. 2, 2009