European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry
- Cover Date:
- December 2016
- Print ISSN:
- 0965-7452
- Electronic ISSN:
- 2396-8893
- Vol:
- 24
- Issue:
- 4
Qualitative Beam Profiling of Light Curing Units for Resin Based Composites
ABSTRACT
This study investigates two technically simple methods to determine the irradiance distribution of light curing units that governs the performance of a visible-light curing resin-based composites. Insufficient light irradiation leads to under-cured composites with poor mechanical properties and elution of residual monomers. The unknown irradiance distribution and its effect on the final restoration are the main critical issues requiring highly sophisticated experimental equipment. The study shows that irradiance distributions of LCUs can easily be determined qualitatively with generally available equipment. This significantly helps dentists in practices to be informed about the homogeneity of the curing lights.
Keywords
Irradiance Distribution
Depth Of Cure
Light Curing Units
Laser-Beam Profiler
Single Lens Reflex Camera
iPad
doi: 10.1922/EJPRD_1513Haenel06
- Article Price
- £15.00
- Institution Article Price
- £
- Page Start
- 197
- Page End
- 202
- Authors
- Thomas Haenel, Berenika Hausnerová, Johannes Steinhaus, Prof. Dr.-Ing Bernhard Moeginger
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- The Effect of Irradiation Distance on Light Transmittance and Vickers Hardness Ratio of Two Bulkfill Resin-based Composites
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