Flexible waveguides for Er-YAG laser radiation delivery

Author

Gannot, Israel ; Schr?¼nder, Stephan ; Dror, Jacob ; Inberg, A. ; Ertl, Thomas ; Tschepe, Johannes ; M?¼ller, Gerhard J. ; Croitoru, Nathan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

1995

Firstpage

967

Lastpage

972

Abstract

Flexible plastic waveguides (FPW) were devised for the delivery of Er-YAG laser radiation. The FPW characteristics were studied under various conditions. In vitro studies were carried out to explore the drilling procedure on extracted teeth and the FPW-tissue mutual effects. The results which were obtained proved that the FPW as a delivery device might be a substitute hand applicator for the pneumatic turbine for drilling in teeth.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; erbium; laser applications in medicine; optical waveguides; solid lasers; Er:YAG; Er:YAG laser radiation delivery; Er:YAl5O12; drilling procedure; extracted teeth; flexible plastic waveguides; medical instrumentation; substitute hand applicator; teeth drilling; waveguide-tissue mutual effects; Chemical lasers; Dielectrics; Drilling; Fiber lasers; Laser beam cutting; Lenses; Plastics; Teeth; Turbines; Waveguide lasers; Dental Cavity Preparation; Dental Instruments; Equipment Design; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Humans; Laser Therapy; Surface Properties; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/10.464370

Filename

464370