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  • Applied Spectroscopy
  • Vol. 54,
  • Issue 6,
  • pp. 795-799
  • (2000)

Caries Detection by Diode Laser Raman Spectroscopy

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Abstract

Carious lesions can be distinguished from sound hard tooth tissues because their near-infrared Raman spectra exhibit an increased luminescence. A comparison of the ratio between luminescence and Raman band intensities for diseased and healthy areas of the tooth gives a measure for the stage of the disease. Intraoral analyses can be made in a reasonable time with the use of a diode laser, a fiber-optic Raman probe, and a compact spectrograph without moving optics. An excitation wavelength of 785 nm gives sufficient contrast between sound and carious tissue and allows a sensitive detection of the weak Raman scattering by silicon detectors.

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