Thermography in dentistry- A review Dr Arora Saloni1,*, Dr. Sunil M.K.2, Dr. Singh Parampal3, Dr. Trivedi Ashwarya4, Dr. Singla Neetu5, Dr. Sunidhi6 1Pg student, Dept Of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) 2Professor and Head, Department Of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) 3Associate professor, Department Of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) 4Reader, Department Of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) 5Senior Lecturer, Department Of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) 6Pg student, Dept of oral medicine and radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Pb) *Address For Correspondance: Dr. Saloni Arora, Pg student, Dept of oral medicine and radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Punjab)
Online published on 7 April, 2014. Abstract Thermography is a method of measurement of skin temperature distribution on the body over a given period of time. The various biochemical processes in the human body generate heat, which must be dissipated. Skin is the major route for heat dissipation using blood as the heat exchange fluid. Skin temperature is an indicator of aberrations in metabolism, hemodynamics or in neuronal thermoregulatory processes. Since most of the heat dissipation of skin is by infrared black body emission, skin temperature should be measured without contact, by monitoring the emitted infrared radiation. This has been the basis of telethermography. Thermography is being used to detect various pathological conditions in the medical field. There are also various orofacial conditions in which thermography can be used. Thermography since its inception has provided numerous dental applications; however, its usage has been abridged when compared with other diagnostic modalities. Top Keywords Telethermometry, liquid crystal thermography, infrared thermography. Top |