WO1995008962B1 - Fiber-optic endodontic apparatus and method - Google Patents

Fiber-optic endodontic apparatus and method

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WO1995008962B1
WO1995008962B1 PCT/US1994/010973 US9410973W WO9508962B1 WO 1995008962 B1 WO1995008962 B1 WO 1995008962B1 US 9410973 W US9410973 W US 9410973W WO 9508962 B1 WO9508962 B1 WO 9508962B1
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root canal
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optical fiber
tooth
apex
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Priority to DE69413047T priority patent/DE69413047T2/en
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Abstract

An endodontic apparatus and related method for the instant detection of the anatomical structure of a tooth and for the restoration of a dead or severely decayed tooth using induced fluorescence spectroscopy. A root canal probe having an optical fiber through its center transmits excitation light into the tooth's root canal. The excitation light induces the tissue within the root canal to fluoresce. The fluorescent light is collected by the optical fiber and transmitted back to a sensor that generates electrical signals indicative of the intensity of light within predetermined wavelength bands. The electrical signals are processed to identify the tissues within the root canal. The probe may include a slightly conical metal surface having flutes for shaving and removing dentin from within the root canal. Using the fluorescent emission properties of the tissues of components of a tooth, the entrance of the root canal is located. The root canal is cleaned and shaped and the apex of the root canal located using the difference between the fluorescence spectrum of the apex and the root canal. The root canal is sealed and filled by a light cure restorative delivered into the root canal through a tube. The light cure restorative is activated by light transmitted into the root canal by an optical fiber. The light activation and polymerization of the light cure restorative can be controlled by monitoring the intensitity of the restorative's fluorescence spectrum.

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AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 21 March 1995 (21.03.95); original claim 27 cancelled; original claims 1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, 22, 28 and 29 amended; remaining claims unchanged; claims renumbered 1-28; new claims 29-34 added (12 pages)]
1. An endodontic apparatus for determining and preparing a tooth's root canal, comprising: a metal-coated optical fiber adapted to guide light between the ends of the fiber; and an elongated tool having first and second ends and a passage through its center between the first and second ends; wherein the optical fiber passes through and is retained within the passage such that one end of the optical fiber is exposed at the first end of the tool; and wherein the first end of the tool is adapted to enter into the root canal.
2. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the optical fiber is adapted to guide ultraviolet, visible and infrared light.
3. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a stop slidably mounted on the outer surface of the tool near the second end to the tool, the stop adapted to be used for determining the length of the root canal.
4. An endodontic apparatus for determining and preparing a tooth's root canal, comprising: an optical fiber adapted to guide light between the ends of the fiber; and an elongated tool having first and second ends, and defining a passage through the tool's center between the first and second ends, wherein the optical fiber passes through and is retained within the passage such that one end of the optical fiber is exposed at the first end of the tool, and a slightly conical outside surface with the outside diameter of the tool being smaller at its first end than at its second end so that the first end of the tool is adapted to enter into the root canal, wherein the outside surface of the tool is a metal surface adapted to remove dentin from the tooth's root canal.
5. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the outside surface of the tool has flutes adapted to shave and remove dentin from the tooth's root canal.
6. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the outside surface of the tool has a tapered blank adapted to file and remove dentin from the root canal of a tooth.
7. An endodontic apparatus for determining and preparing a tooth's root canal, comprising: an optical fiber adapted to guide light between the ends of the fiber; and an elongated tool having first and second ends and defining a passage through its center between the first and second ends, wherein the first end of the tool is adapted to enter into the root canal and the optical fiber passes through and is retained within the passage such that the one end of the optical fiber is exposed at the first end of the tool; a light source adapted to emit excitation light that is directed into the one end of the optical fiber, wherein the excitation light is transmitted through the optical fiber to the first end of the tool to produce return light from the root canal which is captured at the first end of the tool by the optical fiber and transmitted to the other end of the optical fiber, such return light including fluorescent light from the tissues within the root canal; a sensor for monitoring the return light received from the optical fiber and generating a plurality of electrical signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands; and a processor adapted to process the plurality of signals and to thereby determine the composition of the root canal.
8. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein: the excitation light produced by the light source is narrowband light having a wavelength between 250 and 450 nanometers; and the predetermined wavelength bands associated with the plurality of electrical signals are within a wavelength range between 50 and 250 nanometers greater than the wavelength of the narrowband excitation light.
9. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein: the wavelength of the excitation light is about 442 nanometers; and the predetermined wavelength bands associated with the plurality of electrical signals include two reference bands and a peak band, the first reference band extending from about 500 nanometers to about 520 nanometers, the second reference band extending from about 620 nanometers to about 640 nanometers, and the peak band extending about plus and minus 10 nanometers from the wavelength associated with the intensity peak of the return light.
10. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the processor determines the composition of the root canal in accordance with a ratio defined by the formula:
Ratio = (SPβak - s62°-6i0) / (S 0°-S20)
where SPβalc is the intensity of light within the peak band, s 5oo-52o is the in ensity of light within the first reference band, and s620-640 is the intensity of light within the second reference band.
11. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the sensor includes: a spectrograph having an array of detectors, the spectrograph resolving the return light such that each detector of the array detects a different spectral wavelength of the return light and generates a separate electrical signal representing the intensity of light in its wavelength; and an optical analyzer for analyzing the plurality of electrical signals from the spectrograph and generating the first and second signals.
12. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the processor includes an artificial neural network.
13. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the sensor comprises: a dichroic filter that rejects the return light having a wavelength equal to the wavelength of the excitation light and transmits the return light within the predetermined wavelength bands; a stop having a slit aperture, wherein a portion of the return light that is transmitted through the dichroic filter passes through the slit; 3 6
a grating adapted to spread the return light that passes through the slit such that the return light is spread along an axis by a distance proportional to the wavelength of the return light; and a plurality of electro-optical detectors for generating the plurality of electrical signals, respectively, each electro-optical detector located along the axis at a distance corresponding to the respective wavelength band.
14. Apparatus for locating the apex of a root canal, comprising: a light source that emits excitation light; an optical fiber that transmits the excitation light from the light source to tissues of a root canal to cause the tissues to produce return light, and that collects from the root canal return light which includes fluorescent light produced by the tissues illuminated by the excitation light; a sensor that receives the return light from the optical fiber and generates signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands; and a processor that processes the signals to identify the tissues within the root canal which have produced the return light to allow determination of the root canal's apex.
15. Apparatus for sealing the apex of a root canal with a light cure restorative, comprising: a long hollow tube sized to fit within the root canal; a plunger for forcing the light cure restorative through the tube and into the apex of the root canal; 3 7
an optical fiber for delivering light to the apex of the root canal to cure the light cure restorative.
16. Apparatus for filling a root canal with a light cure restorative, comprising: a long hollow tube sized to fit with the root canal; and a plunger for forcing a light cure restorative through the tube and into the root canal;
17. Apparatus for filling a root canal as defined in claim 16, further including, an optical fiber for delivering light inside the root canal to cure the light cure polymer.
18. A method of performing a root canal on a tooth, the tooth having a crown of enamel, a pulp chamber, a root, a root canal, the method comprising: creating an opening in the crown, removing the pulp from the pulp chamber, locating the root canal using induced fluorescence spectroscopy, cleaning and shaping the root canal using induced fluorescence spectroscopy; locating the apex of the root canal using induced fluorescence spectroscopy; preparing the apex of the root canal; sealing the apex of the root canal using a light cure restorative; filling the root canal using a light cure restorative.
19. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal comprising: directing excitation light into a tooth's root canal to produce return light, such return light including fluorescent light from the tissues within the root canal; monitoring the return light and generating a plurality of electrical signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands associated with the direct fluorescence of the tissues within the root canal; and processing the plurality of signals to determine structure of the root canal.
20. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal as defined in claim 19, wherein: the excitation light used in the step of directing is narrowband light having a wavelength between 250 and 450 nanometers; and the predetermined wavelength bands associated with the plurality of electrical signals used in the step of monitoring are at wavelengths between 50 and 250 nanometers greater than the wavelength of the narrowband excitation light.
21. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal as defined in claim 19, wherein: the wavelength of the excitation light used in the step of directing is about 442 nanometers; and the predetermined wavelength bands associated with the plurality of electrical signals used in the step of monitoring include two reference bands and a peak band, the first reference band extending from about 500 nanometers to about 520 nanometers, the second reference band extending from about 620 nanometers to about 640 nanometers, and the peak band extending about plus and minus 10 nanometers from the wavelength associated with the intensity peak of the return light. 3 9
22. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal as defined in claim 21, wherein the step of processing includes determining the composition of the root canal in accordance with a ratio defined by the formula:
RatiO = ( SPβak - S 620-640 ) / ( s 500-520j
where S is the intensity of light with the peak band, s 5oo-52o is the in ensity of light within the first reference band, and s620'640 is the intensity of light within the second reference band.
23. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal as defined in claim 19, wherein the step of processing includes providing a neural network.
24. A method of sealing the apex of a root canal with a light cure restorative, comprising: placing a long hollow tube into the root canal until it extends to the apex; forcing a light cure restorative through the tube and into the apex of the root canal; and sealing the apex of the root canal by delivering light to the apex of the root canal to activate the light cure restorative such that the light cure restorative cures.
25. A method of filling a root canal with a light cure restorative, comprising: placing a long hollow tube into the root canal; and forcing a light cure restorative through the tube and into the root canal.
26. A method of filling a root canal as defined in claim 25, further including, sealing for delivering light inside the root canal to activate the light cure restorative such that the restorative cures.
27. A method of exploring a tooth's structure, the tooth including a crown which surrounds a pulp chamber and a root including a root canal therethrough, the root canal connecting the pulp chamber with an opening at the apex of the root, comprising: providing an optical fiber having first and second ends, wherein the optical fiber is adapted to guide light between the first and second ends; forming an opening through the tooth's crown to provide access to the tooth's pulp chamber and root canal; placing the first end of the optical fiber through the opening formed in the tooth's crown and scanning within the interior of the pulp chamber using the first end to locate the entrance of the root canal; directing excitation light into the second end of the optical fiber, guiding the excitation light from the second end of the optical fiber to the first end and emitting the excitation light from the first end of the optical fiber; collecting return light at the first end of the optical fiber; guiding the return light from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end and emitting the excitation light from the second end of the optical fiber; monitoring the return light emitted from the second end of the optical fiber and generating a plurality of electrical signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands; and processing the plurality of signals to identify the entrance of the root canal. 4 1
28. A method of exploring a tooth's structure, the tooth including a crown which surrounds a pulp chamber and a root including a root canal therethrough, the root canal connecting the pulp chamber with an opening at the apex of the root, comprising: providing an optical fiber having first and second ends, wherein the optical fiber is adapted to guide light between the first and second ends; forming an opening through the tooth's crown to provide access to the tooth's pulp chamber and root canal; placing the first end of the optical fiber through the opening formed in the tooth's crown and probing within the root canal using the first end to locate the apex of the root canal; directing excitation light into the second end of the optical fiber, guiding the excitation light from the second end of the optical fiber to the first end and emitting the excitation light from the first end of the optical fiber; collecting return light at the first end of the optical fiber; guiding the return light from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end and emitting the excitation light from the second end of the optical fiber; monitoring the return light emitted from the second end of the optical fiber and generating a plurality of electrical signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands; and processing the plurality of signals to determine the location of the apex of the root canal. 4 2
29. A method of performing a root canal as defined in claim 18, wherein the step of sealing the apex includes the steps of: placing a long hollow tube into the root canal until it extends to the apex; forcing a light cure restorative through the tube and into the apex of the root canal; and sealing the apex of the root canal by delivering light to the apex of the root canal to activate the light cure restorative such that the light cure restorative cures.
30. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, further comprising a stop slidably mounted on the outer surface of the tool near the second end to the tool, the stop adapted to be used for determining the length of the root canal.
31. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein: the tool has a slightly conical outside surface such that the diameter of the tool is smaller at its first end than at its second end; and the outside surface of the tool is adapted to remove dentin from the tooth's root canal.
32. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 31, wherein the outside surface of the tool has metal flutes adapted to shave and remove dentin from the tooth's root canal.
33. An endodontic apparatus as defined in claim 31, wherein the outside surface of the tool has a metal tapered blank adapted to file and remove dentin from the root canal of a tooth. 4 3
34. A method of determining and preparing a tooth's root canal comprising: directing excitation light having a wavelength of about 442 nanometers into a tooth's root canal to produce return light, such return light including fluorescent light from the tissues within the root canal; monitoring the return light and generating a plurality of electrical signals indicative of the intensity of return light within predetermined wavelength bands associated with the direct fluorescence of the tissues within the root canal, wherein the predetermined wavelength bands include two reference bands and a peak band, the first reference band extending from about 500 nanometers to about 520 nanometers, the second reference band extending from about 620 nanometers to about 640 nanometers, and the peak band extending about plus and minus 10 nanometers from the wavelength associated with the intensity peak of the return light; and determining the structure and composition of the root canal by processing the electrical signal associated with the two reference bands and the peak band in accordance with a ratio defined by the formula:
RatiO - ( SPβak - S 620-640 ) / ( S 500-520 )
where SPβa is the intensity of light with the peak band, s 5oo-52o is the intensity of light within the first reference band, and s620"640 is the intensity of light within the second reference band.
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