Abstract：
Although high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been applied widely in medicine, utilising its non-invasive dual ablation and thermal coagulation properties, its application in dentistry has primarily remained in the research phase, predominantly in in vitro studies. Nonetheless, there has been a consistent increase in the number of publications on this subject in recent decades, focusing on areas such as remineralisation of dentine surfaces, removal of smear layers, drug delivery, and microbial elimination. The number of advantages HIFU can offer, such as its non-surgical nature, absence of ionising radiation, lack of residue, and absence of aerosols, is driving this upward trend, indicating the potential for HIFU in clinical dentistry and ongoing efforts towards developing HIFU-based devices for routine dental use. This succinct review aims to outline the historical context, operational mechanisms of HIFU, summarise recent dental research, and provide a forward-looking perspective on the role of HIFU in modern clinical dentistry.
摘要：
尽管高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)在医学上得到了广泛的应用,利用其非侵入性双重消融和热凝固特性，它在牙科中的应用主要停留在研究阶段，主要在体外研究中。尽管如此，近几十年来，关于这一主题的出版物数量持续增加，专注于牙本质表面的再矿化等领域，去除涂抹层，药物输送,和微生物消除。HIFU可以提供的优势数量，例如其非手术性质，没有电离辐射，缺乏残留物，没有气溶胶，正在推动这种上升趋势，表明HIFU在临床牙科中的潜力，以及正在努力开发用于常规牙科使用的基于HIFU的设备。这篇简洁的评论旨在概述历史背景，HIFU的运行机制，总结最近的牙科研究，并为HIFU在现代临床牙科中的作用提供了前瞻性的视角。
