Human Teeth With and Without Dental Caries Studied by Visible Luminescent Spectroscopy
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 60 (2), 120-122
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345810600020401
Abstract
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.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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