TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative fluoride imaging of teeth using CaF emission by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
AU - Martinez, Mauro
AU - Harry, G. Jean
AU - Haynes, Erin N.
AU - Lin, Pi I.D.
AU - Oken, Emily
AU - Horton, Megan K.
AU - Wright, Robert O.
AU - Arora, Manish
AU - Austin, Christine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2022/12/15
Y1 - 2022/12/15
N2 - In this work, we propose the use of molecular emission of calcium fluoride (CaF) by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to obtain quantitative fluoride distribution images of teeth. LIBS has proved to be an efficient technique to detect low amounts of fluoride in solids, and human teeth have the advantage being a matrix rich in calcium. We used new calibration material from sintered hydroxyapatite pellets doped with fluoride to determine the optimized LIBS conditions of argon flow at 1 L min−1 and using the green emission bands of CaF in 530 nm, and obtained a calibration curve between 0 and 400 μg g−1, and LOD of 18 μg g−1. This methodology was applied within a rat model of fluoride exposure and showed increasing tooth-fluoride with increased exposure dose. To demonstrate applicability of this method in human teeth, we quantified fluoride distribution in teeth from three children from non-fluorinated and fluorinated water regions. Samples from children living in fluoridated water regions showed higher fluoride concentrations in dentine formed after birth, compared to a child from a non-fluoridated region. Teeth have been used as biomarkers for environmental exposure and this new method opens the opportunity in epidemiology research to study critical windows of early life exposure to fluoride as well.
AB - In this work, we propose the use of molecular emission of calcium fluoride (CaF) by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to obtain quantitative fluoride distribution images of teeth. LIBS has proved to be an efficient technique to detect low amounts of fluoride in solids, and human teeth have the advantage being a matrix rich in calcium. We used new calibration material from sintered hydroxyapatite pellets doped with fluoride to determine the optimized LIBS conditions of argon flow at 1 L min−1 and using the green emission bands of CaF in 530 nm, and obtained a calibration curve between 0 and 400 μg g−1, and LOD of 18 μg g−1. This methodology was applied within a rat model of fluoride exposure and showed increasing tooth-fluoride with increased exposure dose. To demonstrate applicability of this method in human teeth, we quantified fluoride distribution in teeth from three children from non-fluorinated and fluorinated water regions. Samples from children living in fluoridated water regions showed higher fluoride concentrations in dentine formed after birth, compared to a child from a non-fluoridated region. Teeth have been used as biomarkers for environmental exposure and this new method opens the opportunity in epidemiology research to study critical windows of early life exposure to fluoride as well.
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U2 - 10.1039/d2ja00134a
DO - 10.1039/d2ja00134a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85144342120
SN - 0267-9477
VL - 38
SP - 303
EP - 314
JO - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
JF - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
IS - 2
ER -