Olga Tymofiyeva1,
Sven Vaegler1, Kurt Rottner2, Julian Boldt2,
Peter Christian Proff3, Ernst-Juergen Richter2, Peter
Michael Jakob1
1Dept. of Experimental Physics 5,
University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany; 2Dept. of
Prosthodontics, Dental School, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; 3Dept.
of Orthodontics, Dental School, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Recently,
new approaches for application of MRI in various branches of dentistry have
been proposed. Dental materials present in the subjects mouth pose a major
concern for dental applications of MRI. Partly contradictory results have
been reported regarding the severity of image artifacts caused by different
dental materials, usually without consideration of dental applications of MRI.
This paper provides classification of standard dental materials from the
standpoint of dental MRI, and can serve as a guideline in future dental MRI
research.