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- Title
Effectiveness of an actuator-driven pulsed water jet for removal of softened carious dentin.
- Authors
YOKOYAMA-SATO, Yuka; NISHIOKA, Takashi; NAGANUMA, Yukihiro; TAKAHASHI, Masatoshi; NAKAGAWA, Atsuhiro; YODA, Nobuhiro; SASAKI, Keiichi; TAKAHASHI, Nobuhiro; TOMINAGA, Teiji; IIKUBO, Masahiro
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the utility of an actuator-driven pulsed water jet (ADPJ) as a hardness-dependent carious dentin removal device by using different outputs. Thirty-six plane surface dental caries samples were treated with the ADPJ at 150, 200, and 250 voltage (12 teeth each). The Knoop hardness number (KHN) and Ca/P mass ratio were measured at 70 μm from the deepest point of the removing groove. Furthermore, three other teeth samples were manually treated with the ADPJ at the three above mentioned voltages (one tooth each) for 1 min. The KHN and Ca/P mass ratio were measured at 70 μm from the surface of the residual dentin part. In both the KHN and Ca/P mass ratio, higher residual dentin depended on the applied voltage of ADPJ. The ADPJ enabled the removal of softened carious dentin in an applied voltage-dependent manner.
- Subjects
WATER jets; DENTIN; DENTAL caries
- Publication
Dental Materials Journal, 2022, Vol 41, Issue 4, p527
- ISSN
0287-4547
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4012/dmj.2021-234