Effect of light source on depth of cure and polymerization shrinkage of composites

  • Na, Joon-Sok (Department of Conservative dentistry, College of dentistry, Chonnam Natl, Uni.) ;
  • Oh, Won-Mann (Department of Conservative dentistry, College of dentistry, Chonnam Natl, Uni.) ;
  • Hwang, In-Nam (Department of Conservative dentistry, College of dentistry, Chonnam Natl, Uni.)
  • Published : 2001.11.01

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the recently introduced light curing units to polymerize a light curing resin composite. Four light curing units XL 3000, Optilux 500 for halogen light source, Apollo 95E for plasma arc and Easy cure for LED (blue-light Emitting Diode) were evaluated. Radiometer was used for measure the light intensity.(omitted)

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