ELECTRONIC INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY AS A DENTAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUE

Authors
BIAGIONI PA MCGIMPSEY JG LAMEY PJ
Citation
Pa. Biagioni et al., ELECTRONIC INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY AS A DENTAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUE, British Dental Journal, 180(6), 1996, pp. 226-230
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
180
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
226 - 230
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1996)180:6<226:EITAAD>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Electronic infrared thermography is an imaging modality for the accura te quantification of surface temperature. It has been used in medicine since the 1960s but its use in dentistry has been limited. Its use in dentistry could, however, be very useful, for example in objectively quantifying post-surgical inflammation and studying the effects of tre atment with agents such as analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs.