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Effect of Pulse Energy and Pulse Repetition Rate at the Identical Total Power During Enamel Ablation Using an Er:YAG Laser  

Won, Jung-Yeon (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Dankook University)
Kim, Mee-Eun (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Dankook University)
Kim, Ki-Suk (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Dankook University)
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Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain / v.31, no.3, 2006 , pp. 223-229 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objectives of this study was to investigate the amount of tooth ablation and the change of intrapulpal temperature by Er:YAG laser as it relates to pulse energy and pulse repetition rate at the identical power and, thereby, to reveal which of the two parameters strongly relates with ablation efficiency and intrapulpal temperature. Extracted healthy human molar teeth were sectioned into two pieces and each specimen was irradiated within the combination of pulse energy and pulse repetition time at the same power of 3W; $300mJy{\times}10Hz$ group, $200mJy{\times}15Hz$ group, and $150mJy{\times}20Hz$ group. Each specimen comprised ten tooth specimens. A laser beam with conjunction of a water flow rate of 1.6 ml/min was applied over enamel surfaces of the specimens during 3 seconds and the ablation amount was determined by difference in weight before and after irradiation. To investigate the temperature change in the pulp according to the above groups, another five extracted healthy human molar teeth were prepared. Each tooth was embedded into resin block and the temperature-measuring probes were kept on the irradiated and the opposite walls in the dental pulp during lasing. When the power was kept constant at 3W, ablation amount increased with pulse energy rather than pulse repetition rate (p=0.000). Although intrapulpal temperature increased with pulse repetition rate, there were no significant differences among the groups and between the irradiated and the opposite pulpal walls, except at a condition of $150y{\times}20Hz$ (p=0.033). Conclusively, it is suggested that ablation efficacy is influenced by pulse energy rather than pulse repetition rate.
Keywords
Er:YAG laser; Tooth ablation; Identical power; Ablation efficiency; Intrapulpal temperature;
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