TY - GEN
T1 - Dental fiberscope with navigation system for endodontic treatments
AU - Yamazaki, Yasushi
AU - Ozawa, Toshiko
AU - Ogawa, Takumi
AU - Shigeta, Yuko
AU - Ikawa, Tomoko
AU - Fukushima, Shunji
AU - Arai, Takashi
AU - Mishima, Akira
AU - Kobayashi, Kaoru
AU - Otake, Yoshito
AU - Hattori, Asaki
AU - Suzuki, Naoki
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We developed a dental fiberscope with a navigation system. The aim of this study is to direct the position of the tip of the endoscope fiber in the root canal via our navigation system. The distinguishing characteristic of our system is that it could be particularly practical in narrow spaces, such as those involving endodontic treatment typical of root canals. We were subsequently able to precisely indicate the relation of the position between the device and the teeth on the 3D model on the monitor. We inspected our navigation system using both the phantom model and the reconstructed 3D model. From this we could comprehend the relation of the position between the teeth and the device, and aim precisely at the lesion. If we are able to realize the correct position of the endoscope, we can safely and accurately deliver laser irradiation to the lesion. Consequently, the application of the endoscopic navigation system could increase the success rate for root canal treatments with recalcitrant lesions.
AB - We developed a dental fiberscope with a navigation system. The aim of this study is to direct the position of the tip of the endoscope fiber in the root canal via our navigation system. The distinguishing characteristic of our system is that it could be particularly practical in narrow spaces, such as those involving endodontic treatment typical of root canals. We were subsequently able to precisely indicate the relation of the position between the device and the teeth on the 3D model on the monitor. We inspected our navigation system using both the phantom model and the reconstructed 3D model. From this we could comprehend the relation of the position between the teeth and the device, and aim precisely at the lesion. If we are able to realize the correct position of the endoscope, we can safely and accurately deliver laser irradiation to the lesion. Consequently, the application of the endoscopic navigation system could increase the success rate for root canal treatments with recalcitrant lesions.
KW - Fiberscope
KW - Navigation system
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M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 18391368
AN - SCOPUS:44249086201
SN - 9781586038229
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 562
EP - 564
BT - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16 - Parallel, Combinatorial, Convergent
PB - IOS Press
T2 - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16 - Parallel, Combinatorial, Convergent: NextMed by Design, MMVR 2008
Y2 - 30 January 2008 through 1 February 2008
ER -