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Transient FEM Calculation of the Spatial Heat Distribution in Hard Dental Tissue During and After IR Laser Ablation. Günter Uhrig, Dirk Meyer, and Hans-Jochen Foth Dept. of Physics, University of Kaíserslautern, Germany. Contents. Motivation Basics of model calculations Results
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Transient FEM Calculation of the Spatial Heat Distribution in Hard Dental Tissue During and After IR Laser Ablation Günter Uhrig, Dirk Meyer, and Hans-Jochen Foth Dept. of Physics, University of Kaíserslautern, Germany
Contents • Motivation • Basics of model calculations • Results • single Pulse • low number of pulses • large number of pulses • influence of repetition rate • Conclusion
cw versus pulsed mode operation Dentin,CO2 laser, 10.6 mm2 Watt, Super Pulse 20 Watt cw
Laser SystemCO2 laser, Sharplan 40C Pulse width in super pulse mode Correlation: Repetition rate to selected mean power
Thermal damage Important: Combination of temperature rise and time Tissue damage Temperature [°C] No tissue damage Time [s]
Experimental problemsto measure the temperature T(x,y,z,t) at a point (x,y,z) inside the tissue for various times t Artefacts due to heat capacity and absorption of the thermocouples Only the surface is recorded
Experimental Set-Up for the Determination of Laser Induced Heat
Motivation for Model Calculation Laser induced heat deposition on surface or bottom of a crater Three-dimensional, transient calculation Surface temperature TS(x,y,z,t) Inside temperature Tinside(x,y,z,t) Measurement of TS by IR Camera Good agreement ensures that calculation of Tinside is correct
Generate Grid Points Principles of FEM Calculation FEM = Finite Element Method Equation for heat conduction with r = density c = heat capacity T = temperature t = time l = heat conductivity Q = heat source D = Laplace operator Finite Elements With K = matrix of constant heat conduction coefficients C = matrix of constant heat capacity coefficients P = vector of time dependent heat flow
Results: 1 Laser induced heat during the laser pulse interaction We can ignore heat conduction during the laser pulse
Temperature and temperature gradient along the symmetry axis z
Values were calculated using the thermodynamical values of dentin Density r 2.03 g/cm3 Specific Heat c 1.17 J/(g·K) Heat Conduction l 0.4 10-3 W/(mm·K) Thermal Extension a 11.9 10-6 1/°C Elasticity Module E 12,900 N/mm2 Energy flow through the surface was 0.4 MW/cm2 at aspot of 0.1mm radius Maximum of temperature slope dT/dz = - 16,400 °C/mm in a depth 60 mm beneath the surface Mechanical stress up to ~ 1000 N/cm2 = 10 MPa Maximum stress in dentin up to 20 MPa* * Private communication R. Hibst What does these numbers mean ?
3 Low number of pulses Temperature evolution between two pulses 7 ms 19 ms 12 ms
Temperature after various pulses After 3rd After 1st pulse After 2nd After 4th
Temperature rise in the center of the crater Absolute value is not gauged
Result of the movie After 10 Pulses: • Temperature evolution between pulses is repeated • Temperature distribution is moved into the tissue We reached dynamical confinement Computer program is o.k.
5 Influence of repetition rate Results of Finite Element Calculation Compared to Analytical Approximation • Temperatures at the points p1 to p3 Tissue is removed by laser pulses; Dz = 40 mm Point p1
Results of Finite ElementCalculation Compared to Analytical Approximation Point p3 Point p2 FEM: Three dimensional 24 hours Analytical: one spatial point 2 minutes
Ablation depth versus repetition rate 40 20 13.3 10 8 6.7 time between pulses [ms]
First laser pulse ablated volume tissue Next laser pulse heat front High ablation efficiency due to preheated tissue Energy loss
Speciality in PlexiglasPropagation of the isotherm of 160 °C (melting point)
CO2 laser on Plexiglas, the influence of heat is visible by the thickness of the melting zone
Conclusion • cw laser mode gives deep thermal damage • In pulse mode, low repetition rates are not automatically the best version, since high repetition rates give less thermal stress higher efficiency for ablation • This model was worked out by FEM and analytical model calculations and checked by experiments