Optical Coherence Tomography in Dentistry 2024

The book is designed for professionals working in clinical practice, undergraduate, graduate students and post- docs performing research in this field, as well as industry professionals who are on the frontiers of optical based instrumentation for health diagnostics. It has been written to be used at all levels, with background chapters as well as updated bibliography on all areas of dental OCT. It can also be used in courses such as optical imaging techniques, lasers in dentistry, photobiomodulation, among others. Professional societies, such as SPIE and OPTICA, who provides annual short courses on biophotonics, will certainly benefit from this book. The core physical background will be present in one chapter but this will not be required for comprehension of the other more applied and practical chapters. The chapters are organized in three main parts: two chapters are devoted to the principles of optical imaging, and the basics of OCT, both from a nontechnical and technical perspective and its early applications to dental science. Ten chapters are devoted to OCT applications in specific areas of dentistry, from cariology and dental materials to the recent research field of nanodentistry. Then, it ends with a chapter on what can be expected for developments in dental OCT. Each chapter will highlight the basic anatomy or features of the studied subject, then the conventional methods of diagnosis or analysis – in the case of materials – and then the literature results on the subject, with insights by the authors own research. Where applicable, clinical developments will be highlighted. The sequence follows the way that, in general, undergraduate syllabus courses are given. We hope you have an enjoyable read!