@inproceedings{9475a76827be497484b155c779d2cb22,
title = "Laser Diffractometer for Measuring Bacterial Biodegradation of Dental Materials",
abstract = "Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), a major cariogenic bacterium, has exhibited esterase activities, and has been shown to degrade dental resin composites and adhesives contributing to the risk of developing secondary caries and failed restorations. Changes to the surface morphology of the resin materials have been observed through SEMs; however, they were not quantified. In the current study, we present the development of a laser diffractometer whereby we can apply it to determining quantitatively the surface roughness spectrum of a dental material due to bacteria biodegradation.",
keywords = "Biological systems, Fourier optics, Laser diffraction, Optical metrology, Surface metrology",
author = "Ying Gu and Philip Foo and Alan Guo and Austin Giordano and Stephen Walker and Chiang, \{Fu Pen\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.; SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2019 ; Conference date: 03-06-2019 Through 06-06-2019",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-30013-5\_15",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030300128",
series = "Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "87--92",
editor = "Grady, \{Martha E.\}",
booktitle = "Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials and Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 4 - Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics",
}