Detection limit of electron spin resonance for Japanese deciduous tooth enamel and density separation method for enamel-dentine separation

電子スピン共鳴法による日本人小児の外部被ばく線量推定の検出限界

岡 壽崇   ; 高橋 温*; 小荒井 一真   ; 木野 康志*; 関根 勉*; 清水 良央*; 千葉 美麗*; 鈴木 敏彦*; 小坂 健*; 佐々木 啓一*; 篠田 壽*

Oka, Toshitaka; Takahashi, Atsushi*; Koarai, Kazuma; Kino, Yasushi*; Sekine, Tsutomu*; Shimizu, Yoshinaka*; Chiba, Mirei*; Suzuki, Toshihiko*; Osaka, Ken*; Sasaki, Keiichi*; Shinoda, Hisashi*

日本人小児の乳歯のESR線量計測法の検出可能線量を調べたところ115mGyと見積もられた。また、エナメル質と象牙質の比重の違いを用いた重液分離法によるエナメル質抽出を実施したところ、従来のドリルで削り出す方法とほぼ同等の純度のエナメル質が得られただけでなく、従来法が適用できなかった動物の歯のエナメル質抽出にも有効な抽出法であることがわかった。

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry is one of the most powerful tools for radiation dose reconstruction. The detection limit of this technique using human teeth is reported to be 56 mGy or 67 mGy; however, the absorbed dose of Fukushima residents after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident was estimated to be lower than this detection limit. Our aim is to assess the absorbed radiation dose of children in Fukushima Prefecture after the accident; therefore, it is important to estimate the detection limit for their teeth. The detection limit for enamel of deciduous teeth of Japanese children separated by the mechanical method is estimated to be 115.0 mGy. The density separation method can effectively separate enamel from third molars of Japanese people. As we have collected thousands of teeth from children in Fukushima, the present technique may be useful to examine their external absorbed dose after the FNPP accident.