TITLE:
Effect of Diode Laser 810nm in Hardness of Dental Ceramic
AUTHORS:
Mubarak M. Ahmed, Abdelaziz Hagar Abdelrahman, Elhadi Mohieldin, Samia Omer Yagoub
KEYWORDS:
Dental Ceramic, Invisible Laser, Irradiation, Hardness
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
30,
2014
ABSTRACT: This
research study the effect of diode laser (810 nm), with various power (30, 200,
500) mW in hardness of the material used in the combinations of teeth
(ceramics). Hardness was measured for dental ceramic samples divided into four
groups, each group containing ten test sample, before and after it irradiated
with the diode laser with wavelength 810 nm and different power (30, 200, 500) mW,
with irradiation power of 200 mW for duration two minutes and ten minutes to
the third and fourth groups, and irradiation power of 30 and 500 mW for
duration one minute for the last two groups. The results showed that the
increase in the irradiated time of the samples from two minutes to ten minutes,
as well as increased power from 30 to 500 mW does not have a significant effect
in increasing the hardness of the ceramic material. This study found that the
hardness ratio of the samples was increased up to (18.28%), by irradiation of
invisible diode laser 810 nm, 30 mW.