Abstract:Tooth diseases including dental caries, periodontitis and cracks have been public health problems globally. How to detect them at the early stage and perform thorough diagnosis are critical for the treatment. The diseases can be viewed as defects from the perspective of non-destructive testing. Such a defect can affect the material properties (e.g., optical, chemical, mechanical, acoustic, density and dielectric properties). A non-destructive testing method is commonly developed to sense the change of one part… Show more
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