Quantification of dental wear by Optical Coherence Tomography

Tooth wear is an irreversible loss of the enamel, which over time, leads to the exposure of the dentine and this makes the tooth very sensitive to hot or cold foods. The choice of food of the person suffering from severe tooth becomes very limited and this sometimes threatens the survival of the individual. Our proposed solution (OCT) can be used to detect and monitor wear progression in both tooth and restorative materials by comparing the image of a newly restored tooth with another image taken at a later time (1 yr.) and give the wear rate of the restorative material. This will assist the dentists in giving an Informed opinion to their patients on what could be done to make the restoration last longer or when they will be due for replacement. Presently, there is no device in the dental clinic that is capable of this feat.

Faculty Supervisor:

Rodrigo França;Sherif Sherif

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Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

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