Measurement of Oral Epithelial Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography
Author
Stasio, Dario Di; Lauritano, Dorina; Iquebal, Hasan; Romano, Antonio; Gentile, Enrica; Lucchese, Alberta
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a real-time, in-situ, non-invasive imaging device
that is able to perform a cross-sectional evaluation of tissue microstructure based on the specific
intensity of back-scattered and reflected light. The aim of the present study was to define normal
values of epithelial thickness within the oral cavity. OCT measurements of epithelial thickness were
performed in 28 healthy patients at six different locations within the oral cavity. Image analysis
was performed using Image J 1.52 software. The healthy epithelium has a mean thickness of
335.59 ± 150.73 µm. According to its location within the oral cavity, the epithelium showed highest
values in the region of the buccal mucosa (659.79 µm) and the thinnest one was observed in the
mouth’s floor (100.07 µm). OCT has been shown to be useful for the evaluation of oral mucosa
in vivo and in real time. Our study provides reference values for the epithelial thickness of multiple
sites within the oral cavity. Knowledge of the thickness values of healthy mucosa is, therefore, of
fundamental importance.
Date
2019-08-06
Citation:
APA:
Stasio, Dario Di, & Lauritano, Dorina, & Iquebal, Hasan, & Romano, Antonio, & Gentile, Enrica, & Lucchese, Alberta. (August 2019).
Measurement of Oral Epithelial Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography.
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. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8225
MLA:
Stasio, Dario Di, and Lauritano, Dorina, and Iquebal, Hasan, and Romano, Antonio, and Gentile, Enrica, and Lucchese, Alberta.
"Measurement of Oral Epithelial Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography". .
. (),
August 2019.
March 28, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8225.
Chicago:
Stasio, Dario Di and Lauritano, Dorina and Iquebal, Hasan and Romano, Antonio and Gentile, Enrica and Lucchese, Alberta,
"Measurement of Oral Epithelial Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography," , no.
(August 2019),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8225 (accessed
March 28, 2024).
AMA:
Stasio, Dario Di, Lauritano, Dorina, Iquebal, Hasan, Romano, Antonio, Gentile, Enrica, Lucchese, Alberta.
Measurement of Oral Epithelial Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography. .
August 2019;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8225. Accessed
March 28, 2024.
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