Enamel thickness measurement with a high frequency ultrasonic transducer-based hand-held probe for potential application in the dental veneer placing procedure

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Ślak, Bartosz ^a,b   Ambroziak, Andrzej ^b   Strumban, Emil ^a   Maev, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic microscopy; Enamel thickness measurements; High frequency ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; DENTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENAMEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTICS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL VENEERS; DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH EROSION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79955492035     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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