title: Quality assessment of dental treatments using en-face optical coherence tomography.
abstract: The present study evaluates the potential of en-face optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a possible noninvasive high resolution method for supplying necessary information on the material defects of dental prostheses and microleakage at prosthetic interfaces. Teeth are also imaged after several treatment methods to asses material defects and microleakage at the tooth-filling interface, and the presence or absence of apical microleakage, as well as to evaluate the quality of bracket bonding on dental hard tissue. C-scan and B-scan OCT images as well as confocal images are acquired from a large range of samples. Gaps between the dental interfaces and material defects are clearly exposed.
authors.affiliation: Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, School of Dentistry, Bd. Revolutiei din 1989 Nr. 9, 300070, Timisoara, Romania.
authors.forename: Cosmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sinescu
authors.forename: Meda Lavinia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Negrutiu
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Todea
authors.forename: Cosmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balabuc
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Filip
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rominu
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bradu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Adrian Gh
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Podoleanu
mesh_terms: D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome