%0 Journal Article
	%A R. O. Rominu and  C. Sinescu and  D.M. Pop and  M. Hughes and  A. Bradu and  M. Rominu and  A. Gh. Podoleanu
	%D 2009
	%J International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 32, 2009
	%T En-Face Optical Coherence Tomography and Fluorescence in Evaluation of Orthodontic Interfaces
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2634
	%V 32
	%X Bonding has become a routine procedure in several
dental specialties – from prosthodontics to conservative dentistry and
even orthodontics. In many of these fields it is important to be able to
investigate the bonded interfaces to assess their quality. All currently
employed investigative methods are invasive, meaning that samples
are destroyed in the testing procedure and cannot be used again. We
have investigated the interface between human enamel and bonded
ceramic brackets non-invasively, introducing a combination of new
investigative methods – optical coherence tomography (OCT),
fluorescence OCT and confocal microscopy (CM). Brackets were
conventionally bonded on conditioned buccal surfaces of teeth. The
bonding was assessed using these methods. Three dimensional
reconstructions of the detected material defects were developed using
manual and semi-automatic segmentation. The results clearly prove
that OCT, fluorescence OCT and CM are useful in orthodontic
bonding investigations.
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