Mathematical simulation of the thermal diffusion in dentine irradiated with Nd:YAG laser using finite difference method

Eduardo H. Moriyama; Renato Amaro Zangaro; Paulo Davi de Castro Lobo; Antonio G. J. Balbin Villaverde; Ii-Sei Watanabe; Marcos T. T. Pacheco; Daniel K. Otsuka

doi:10.1117/12.469305

3 June 2002 Mathematical simulation of the thermal diffusion in dentine irradiated with Nd:YAG laser using finite difference method

Eduardo H. Moriyama, Renato Amaro Zangaro, Paulo Davi de Castro Lobo, Antonio G. J. Balbin Villaverde, Ii-Sei Watanabe, Marcos T. T. Pacheco, Daniel K. Otsuka

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Proceedings Volume 4610, Lasers in Dentistry VIII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469305
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2002, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Thermal damage in dental pulp during Nd:YAG laser irradiation have been studied by several researchers; but due to dentin inhomogeneous structure, laser interaction with dentin in the hypersensitivity treatment are not fully understood. In this work, heat distribution profile on human dentine samples irradiated with Nd:YAG laser was simulated at surface and subjacent layers. Calculations were carried out using the Crank-Nicolson's finite difference method. Sixteen dentin samples with 1,5 mm of thickness were evenly distributed into four groups and irradiated with Nd:YAG laser pulses, according to the following scheme: (I) 1 pulse of 900 mJ, (II) 2 pulses of 450 mJ, (III) 3 pulses of 300 mJ, (IV) 6 pulses of 150 mJ; corresponding to a total laser energy of 900 mJ. The pulse interval was 300ms, the pulse duration of 900 ms and irradiated surface area of 0,005 mm². Laser induced morphological changes in dentin were observed for all the irradiated samples. The heat distribution throughout the dentin layer, from the external dentin surface to the pulpal chamber wall, was calculated for each case, in order to obtain further information about the pulsed Nd:YAG laser-oral hard tissue interaction. The simulation showed significant differences in the final temperature at the pulpal chamber, depending on the exposition time and the energy contained in the laser pulse.

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Eduardo H. Moriyama, Renato Amaro Zangaro, Paulo Davi de Castro Lobo, Antonio G. J. Balbin Villaverde, Ii-Sei Watanabe, Marcos T. T. Pacheco, and Daniel K. Otsuka "Mathematical simulation of the thermal diffusion in dentine irradiated with Nd:YAG laser using finite difference method", Proc. SPIE 4610, Lasers in Dentistry VIII, (3 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469305

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