Thermomechanical Effect on the Water Wet Dental Hard Tissue by the Q-switched Er : YAG Laser

  • Y. H. Kwon (Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry and Institute of Biomaterials Research and Development, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Ky0-han Kim (Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry and Institute of Biomaterials Research and Development, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 1999.04.01

Abstract

Understanding the exgenous water induced thermomechanical effect on the dental hard tissue by the Q-switched Er:YAG laser (1-$mutextrm{s}$-long pulse width) has an important impact on the further understanding of the free-running Er:YAG laser (250-$mutextrm{s}$-long pulse width) ablation on the dental gard tissue because one macroscopic effect in the free-running laser is an accumulation of microscopic effects we investigated in this study. The Q-switched Er:YAG laser with exogenous water on the tooth enhanced ablation rate compared to the case of no water on the tooth. The frequency of exogenous-water jet on the tooth has affected the ablation rate in such a way that as we dispensed water drops less frequently we could get more enhanced ablation rate. The amplitude of the recoil pressure depends on the tooth surface conditions such that as surfaces wet, and as the volume of the exogenous water drop increased, the amplitude of the recoil pressure increased also. From this study we realized that the 1 $mutextrm{s}$ long pulsed induced thermomechanical effect provides us useful information for the understanding of the free-running Er:YAG laser induced ablation with exogenous water.

Q-switch된 Er:YAG 레이저를 이용해서 치아표면에 뿜어준 외부의 물로 인해 유도된 열 및 역학적인 효과를 이해하는 것은 free-running Er:YAG 레이저에 의한 절삭효과를 이해하는데 대단히 중요하다. 이는 (파장 하나의 길이가 250 $\mu\textrm{s}$인) free-running 레이저에 의한 한 거 대효과가 본 실험에서 이용한 (파장 하나의 길이가 1 $\mu\textrm{s}$인) Q-switch된 레이저에 의한 미소효과들의 축적이기 때문이다. 치아표면에 물이 있을 때 Q-Switch된 레이저에 의한 절삭률은 그렇치 않은 때에 비해 증가되었다. 치아표면에 물을 뿜어주는 횟수는 절삭률에 영향을 미쳐서 저에너지에서는 더디게 물을 뿜어줄때 놀은 절삭률을 얻었다. 반동압력의 세기는 치아표면 조건에 의존하는데. 표면이 젖을수록 그리고 뿜어준 물의 양이 증가 할 수록, 반동압력의 세기 또한 증가하였다. 이 연구로부터 우리는 1-$\mu\textrm{s}$-길이의 pulsed 레이저에 의해 유도된 열 및 역학적인 효과가 외부에 물이 있을 때 free-running Er:YAG 레이저에 의한 절삭을 이해하는데 중요한 정보를 제공해 준다는 것을 알았다.

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