Characterization of dentin and enamel by use of optical coherence tomography.
Optical coherence tomographic images of human dentin and enamel are obtained by use of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. A birefringence effect in enamel (lambda = 856 nm) and light propagation along dentinal tubules are observed. The group index of refraction for both dentin and enamel was measured at 1.50 +/- 0.02 and 1.62 +/- 0.02, respectively.
Wang
X J
XJ
Department of Physics, Georgia SouthernUniversity, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA. xwang@gasou.edu
Milner
T E
TE
de Boer
J F
JF
Zhang
Y
Y
Pashley
D H
DH
Nelson
J S
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