Development of an inexpensive optical method for studies of dental erosion process in-vitro

A. M.T. Nasution, B. Noerjanto, L. Triwanto

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Abstract

Teeth have important roles in digestion of food, supporting the facial-structure, as well as in articulation of speech. Abnormality in teeth structure can be initiated by an erosion process due to diet or beverages consumption that lead to destruction which affect their functionality. Research to study the erosion processes that lead to teeth's abnormality is important in order to be used as a care and prevention purpose. Accurate measurement methods would be necessary as a research tool, in order to be capable for quantifying dental destruction's degree. In this work an inexpensive optical method as tool to study dental erosion process is developed. It is based on extraction the parameters from the 3D dental visual information. The 3D visual image is obtained from reconstruction of multiple lateral projection of 2D images that captured from many angles. Using a simple motor stepper and a pocket digital camera, sequence of multi-projection 2D images of premolar tooth is obtained. This images are then reconstructed to produce a 3D image, which is useful for quantifying related dental erosion parameters. The quantification process is obtained from the shrinkage of dental volume as well as surface properties due to erosion process. Results of quantification is correlated to the ones of dissolved calcium atom which released from the tooth using atomic absorption spectrometry. This proposed method would be useful as visualization tool in many engineering, dentistry, and medical research. It would be useful also for the educational purposes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNinth International Symposium on Laser Metrology
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event9th International Symposium on Laser Metrology - , Singapore
Duration: 30 Jun 20082 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7155
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

Conference9th International Symposium on Laser Metrology
Country/TerritorySingapore
Period30/06/082/07/08

Keywords

  • 3D reconstruction from multiple views
  • Dental erosion
  • Optical quantification
  • Photographic tomography

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