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Human Teeth With and Without Dental Caries Studied by Visible Luminescent Spectroscopy

Picosecond Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Physics Department, The City College of City University of New York, New York, New York 10031

S.S. Yao

Picosecond Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Physics Department, The City College of City University of New York, New York, New York 10031

The visible emission spectra and fluorescent lifetimes from decayed and nondecayed regions of teeth were measured and compared. The spectrum from carious lesions is different from that of noncarious tooth regions. This may offer a non-X-ray method for diagnosing dental caries in humans.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 60, No. 2, 120-122 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345810600020401


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