The European Physical Journal Applied Physics

Table of Contents - August 2010 - Volume 51, Issue 02  

Photonics

The analytical calculation of temperature distribution of dentin under pulse Er:YAG laser radiation

P. Elahia1 and B. Farsia1

Department of Physics, College of Science, Shiraz University of Technology, 71555-313, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

The temperature distribution in dentin under pulse Er:YAG laser radiation has been studied and simulated, analytically. For this reason we considered heat deposited in dentin due to laser radiation. The heat conduction equation has been solved and the temperature distribution has been obtained. The obtained results then have been used for dentin and discussed. Based on the simulation, the temperature rise to 40.5 K for 300 mJ and 21 pulses which have very good consistency with the experiment.

(Received January 30 2010)

(Revised April 3 2010)

(Accepted May 10 2010)

(Online publication July 7 2010)

elahi@sutech.ac.ir