Publications and News

Peer-reviewed scientific publications

• L. Rapp, S. Madden, J. Brand, K. Maximova, L.J. Walsh, H. Spallek, O. Zuaiter, A. Habeb, T.R. Hirst, A.V. Rode: Investigation of laser wavelength effect on the ablation of enamel and dentin using femtosecond laser pulses. Scientific Reports 13 20156 (2023)

• R.A. Convissar: Current and Novel Treatments and Theranostics: The Dentroid Concept. Book Chapter, in: Research in Laser Dentistry, Elsevier New York, ISBN: 9780323812832, 3rd Ed, 429-432 (2022)

• L. Rapp, S. Madden, J. Brand, L.J. Walsh, H. Spallek, O. Zuaiter, A. Habeb, T.R. Hirst, A.V. Rode: Femtosecond laser dentistry for precise and efficient cavity preparation in teeth. Biomedical Optics Express 13 9 (2022) 4559-4571

• L. Rapp, S. Madden, A. V. Rode, L. J. Walsh, H. Spallek, Q. Nguyen, V. Dau, P. Woodfield, D. Dao, O. Zuaiter, A. Habeb, T. R. Hirst: Anesthetic-, irrigation- and pain-free dentistry? The case for a femtosecond laser enabled intraoral robotic device. Frontiers in Dental Medicine 3:976097 (2022)

• V.L. Lagunov, M. Rybachuk, A. Itthagarun, L.J. Walsh, R. George: Modification of dental enamel, dentin by an ultra-fast femtosecond laser irradiation: A systematic review. Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 155, 2022, 108439, ISSN 0030-3992

Scientific presentations

• Femtosecond Lasers for Modern Dentistry: Treatment of Hard Tissues and Restorative Materials
  Dr Ludovic Rapp, Ksenia Maximova, presented at 4th International Conference on Optics, Photonics, And Lasers (OPL-2023), Hiroshima, Japan, December 4-6, 2023

• Robotic laser dentistry: Challenges and opportunities
  Em Prof Laurence J. Walsh AO, presented at The 9th International Conference on BioSensors, BioElectronics, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS & Applications, Bio4Apps 2023, Gold Coast, December 2023

• Femtosecond laser intraoral robotics: the future of modern dentistry
  Dr Ludovic Rapp, presented at Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics, Australian Institute of Physics, Canberra, Australia, December 3-8, 2023

• What does it take to deliver successful Digital Health Projects? Examples from Australia.
  Prof Heiko Spallek, presented at Digital Health Workshop Sydney, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Agency, Sydney, 25 November 2023

• Dentistry from Space to Earth: The Promise and Peril of Launching Startups and Starships
  Dr Omar Zuaiter, presented at Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine‘s Colloquium on Space Life Sciences & Health, Sydney, 1 July 2023

• Femtosecond laser intraoral robotics: the future of modern dentistry
  Dr Ludovic Rapp, presented at European Material Research Society, Strasbourg, France, June 2023

• The Dentroid concept for a hands-free femtosecond intra-oral device
  Em Prof Laurence J. Walsh AO, presented at World Federation of Laser Dentistry Asia-Pacific Division, Tokyo, April 2023

• Are we using technology just because it is easy?
  Professor Heiko Spallek, presented at Scientific Annual Meeting of Association for Dental Education, Asia Pacific (ADEAP), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 25 January 2023 

• Femtosecond lasers for modern dentistry: treatment of hard tissues and restorative materials
  Dr Ludovic Rapp, presented at 4th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPL-2023), Hiroshima, Japan, 4-6 December 2022

• Emerging laser hard tissue applications
  Presented by Em Prof Laurence J. Walsh AO at Australian Association for Laser Dentistry, Brisbane, April 2022

Latest Media Mentions

• Needle-free dentistry the vision of Canberra medtech Dentroid. Business News Australia, 19 January 2024

• Pain-free and needle-free dentistry trial underway. Bite Magazine, 15 January 2024

• Tooth be told, pain-free and needle-free dentistry trial underway. Griffith University press release, 12 January 2024

• New tool takes needles out of dental work, reliving patients' prick fears. Channel 9 National, 11 January 2024

• How Dentroid technology could revolutionise dentistry. Bite Magazine, 6 November 2023

• Intraoral Dental Robots: The Present, Near, and Far Future of the Integrations of the Sciences. Dental Products Report, 20 April 2023

• $28 million in ARC Linkage grants awarded. Australian Manufacturing Forum, 21 June 2023

• This is not a drill: Dentroid gets support to progress laser-based dental robot invention. Australian Manufacturing Forum, 17 January 2022

• Research collaboration to develop laser for cutting-edge robotic dentistry. Australian Manufacturing, 13 January 2022