Low-Temperature

Atmospheric
Pressure Plasma
BRITTNI GRUSECKI
MAEGAN EDGERLY
What is

New state-of-the-art sterilization method
More economical

LTAPP?

Less corrosive
Faster
Can be used in other areas of dentistry as
well
 Plasma is one of the four states of matter
like (solid, liquid, gas)
Much like gas but has free electrons
Plasma is a gaseous mixture of negatively

What is charged electrons and highly charged

positive ions

Plasma?
It is created by heating a gas or
combining a strong electromagnetic field
to a gas
Examples of plasmas: lightening, stars,
neon signs, and auroras (northern lights)
 How is it useful in dentistry?

Disinfection of instruments

Still under research:

Increased tissue absorption
Treatment of small caries
Tooth whitening
Why is LTAPP important in the Dental
field?

Can play a major role in many aspects of the dental field:

Treatment of small caries and periodontal disease
Sterilization of instruments and equipment
Enhances tooth whitening with hydrogen peroxide
Increases tissue absorption of transdermal drugs
Increases tissue absorption of
transdermal drugs!
 Treatment of small caries and
periodontal disease

This device focuses a thin layer of plasma energy to a small target area, for
small cavities and narrow crevices in the treatment of dental caries and
periodontal disease.
Teeth Whitening
HOW?
LTAPP is mixed with a 36% H2O2
gel which enhances the effect of
the hydrogen peroxide
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Basic HTM

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Jeong-Hae Choi, Seoul-Hee Nam, & Yeon-Suk Song. (2014). Treatment with low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma

enhances cutaneous delivery of epidermal growth factor by regulating E-cadherin-medicated call junctions: Archives of Dermatological

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atmospheric pressure plasma on root canals infected with Enterococcus faecalis: Letters in applied Microbiology. Vol. 58 Issue 1, 8-15.