Abstract
In this study, infrared thermography was applied to investigate the heat behavior within bovine bone structure. This is to predict heat distribution when bone is actually drilled by a rotary cutting instrument for dental implant.
A simulated model from bovine bone was designed to measure the physical property and emissivity of heat. The relationship between the temperature of heat source and model surface was compared and the following results were obtained:
1. The emissivity (ε) of bovine bone was 0.987
2. The thermal conductivity was 0.498 (W/mK) and thermal diffusivity was 2.331×10-7 (m2/s).
3. The initial increase of model surface temperature was proportional to temperature of heat source.
