Instrument for delivery of optical energy to the dental root...

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A61C 5/02 (2006.01) A61C 3/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2562335

A system and process for thermolytic eradication of bacteria and biofilm in the root canal (22) of a human tooth involve an elongated and flexible optical probe(20)and a 5 laser oscillator (28) that provides the probe with low infrared energy. The optical probe is sufficiently long for insertion into substantially the entire length of the root canal of the tooth. The optical probe causes lateral dispersion of the radiation from the probe throughout the root canal. The radiation is provided at an energy density and for a period of time that are necessary to selectively target bacteria and live biofilm in the dentinal tubules of an entire root canal system, at once, thereby (a) inhibiting creation of a blackbody "hot tip" and (a) inducing laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) within the root-canal space.

L'invention concerne un système et un procédé d'éradication thermolytique des bactéries et du film biologique dans le canal radiculaire (22) d'une dent humaine, dans lesquels sont utilisés une sonde optique flexible et allongée, et un oscillateur laser (28) alimentant la sonde avec une faible énergie infrarouge. La sonde optique est suffisamment longue pour être insérée dans sensiblement toute la longueur du canal radiculaire de la dent. La sonde optique permet une dispersion latérale du rayonnement de la sonde dans le canal radiculaire. Le rayonnement est généré avec une certaine densité d'énergie et pendant une durée nécessaire pour cibler sélectivement les bactéries et le film biologique vivant dans les tubules de la dentine du système du canal radiculaire entier, immédiatement, (a) inhibant ainsi la création dune "pointe chaude" de corps noir, et (b) induisant une thermothérapie interstitielle laser (LITT) dans l'espace du canal radiculaire.

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