Gingival Anatomy, The Focus of the Study is to Evaluate the Efficacy of OCT in Scanning and Reconstructing General Tooth and Gum Anatomy, Tooth Anatomy
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to optimize the matching between Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging and the true anatomy of the tooth. It also non-invasively tests how reliable the OCT scanner can access tissue integrity, measure depth, and detect texture features. These features will be important to plan for treatment. The specific aims of this study are: 1. to correct for distortion caused by internal refractive indices to restore true tooth anatomy 2. to test the feasibility and usability of the full-motion OCT scanner in volunteers. Participants may be in one of the following groups 1. Some teeth that are extracted according standard treatment plan will be scanned with OCT. 2. Some participants will have their teeth and gum in the mouths scanned by OCT
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
The Forsyth Institute
Perceptive Technologies, Inc
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Willing and able to agree by the terms of the consent form and sign the Informed Consent form * Aged 18 years old and older * Individuals with a minimum of 18 natural teeth present including teeth from distinct groups (molar, premolar and anterior teeth). * Having healthy dentition (small carious lesions and dental restorations not covering the entire surface of the tooth will be accepted) as determined by the dental clinician * Willing to have a retraction cord placed under the gumline for a duration of 2 min. * Having a tooth that requires crown procedure according to treatment planning by the patients' clinician (for real-time scanning)
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant women * Generalized gingivitis and periodontal disease * Extensive dental work including dental fillings, crowns and implants and extensive tooth damage (i.e., fracture, large dental caries, etc.) * Presence of fixed orthodontic braces, or lingual bars (only for in vivo studies) * Presence of generalized (or on target teeth) supra and subgingival calculus
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intra-method reliability/repeatability testing | Up to 24 weeks | Intra-class correlation coefficients will be calculated for tissue characteristics listed above will be determined by the OCT scanner on group of teeth (full-arch), single tooth and subgingival surfaces. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Structure assessments | Up to 24 weeks | Extracted teeth will be scanned with the OCT scanner. The air-enamel interface and the internal structure (e.g. Dentin-Enamel Junction) will be detected in the OCT reconstructed images. The ground truth of the anatomy will be provided by histology or micro-CT. The OCT reconstructed anatomy will be compared to the ground truth to understand the accuracy of the OCT scanner. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactHatice Hasturk
Outcome results
None listed