Faculty Articles
Title
Should my new curing light be an LED
ISBN or ISSN
0361-7734
Publication Title
Operative Dentistry
Volume
33
Issue
4
Date of original Performance / Presentation
July 2008
Publication Date / Copyright Date
7-1-2009
First Page
400
Last Page
407
DOI Number
10.2341/07-103
Abstract
The new generation LED curing light units have significantly improved curing performance compared to first generation lights, and even some second generation LED curing light units. This study compared the curing performance of 10 new generation LED light curing units (FLASH-lite 1401, LE Demetron 1, Coltolux, Ultra-Lume 5, Mini LED, bluephase, Elipar FreeLight 2, Radii, Smartlite IQ and Allegro) for depth of cure against a high-powered halogen curing light unit (Optilux 501). Depth of cure measurements were utilized per the ANSI/ADA No 27 standard to detect differences between the lights at three time intervals (10, 20 and 40 seconds). A total of 660 samples were prepared (n=10/group). A full factorial ANOVA and Tukey's HSD test showed FLASH-lite 1401 performed significantly better than the other lights at 10- and 20-second time intervals (p<0.01). This study also demonstrated that an exposure time of 20 seconds or longer assures a better depth of cure, 40 seconds being the optimal polymerization time for all of the curing light units.
Disciplines
Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy
NSUWorks Citation
Antonson, S. A.; Antonson, D. E.; and Hardigan, Patrick C., "Should my new curing light be an LED" (2009). Faculty Articles. 389.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_faculty_articles/389
