Criterias for choosing a dental curing lightPosted by xinrenoue on August 8th, 2019 Dental curing lights are used in our dental clinics to polymerize light-sensitive resins in restoration processes and to accelerate certain whitening treatments. Adequate polymerisation is essential in order to achieve long-lasting restorations. This will depend on factors such as: power of the light source, exposure time, light quality, incidence and distance, as well as energy and heat output. First of all, as a basis for a correct choice of curing light, you should ask yourself the following questions:
We offer you some advices to help you when choosing the curing light that best suits you and we will recommend you some of the best options currently available on the market. Curing lights are characterised by the output power, the diameter of the light guide tips and the amount of heat emitted. According to expert's advice, at least 1,000 mW/cm2 are needed to polymerize composite materials in 10 seconds through a dental structure in indirect restoration. However, for direct restorations, at least 400 mW/cm2 of output power is required for proper light-curing. Like it? Share it!More by this author |