Optical clearing agents based on metallic and dielectric nanoparticles for caries diagnostic by optical coherence tomography.
Vanda Sanderana Macedo CarneiroEloiza Leonardo de MeloCláudia Cristina Brainer de Oliveira MotaEvair Josino da SilvaAndréa Ferreira da SilvaNathalia Seimi DeamaJéssica Meirinhos MirandaSuzanne Ivila Santos da RochaCaio de Lima PiresAnderson Stevens Leonidas GomesMarleny Elizabeth Márquez de Martínez GerbiPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2024)
In the current context of minimally invasive dentistry, the use of OCAs-NC in conjunction with OCT can provide clinicians with early diagnosis, allowing for the determination of less/more invasive therapies and consequently halting the disease before cavitation of dental tissues occurs.