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http://dx.doi.org/10.5395/JKACD.2010.35.5.368

Effect of infection control barrier thickness on light curing units  

Chang, Hoon-Sang (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
Lee, Seok-Ryun (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
Hong, Sung-Ok (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
Ryu, Hyun-Wook (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
Song, Chang-Kyu (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
Min, Kyung-San (Department of Conservative Dentistry, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute)
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Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics / v.35, no.5, 2010 , pp. 368-373 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: This study investigated the effect of infection control barrier thickness on power density, wavelength, and light diffusion of light curing units. Materials and Methods: Infection control barrier (Cleanwrap) in one-fold, two-fold, four-fold, and eightfold, and a halogen light curing unit (Optilux 360) and a light emitting diode (LED) light curing unit (Elipar FreeLight 2) were used in this study. Power density of light curing units with infection control barriers covering the fiberoptic bundle was measured with a hand held dental radiometer (Cure Rite). Wavelength of light curing units fixed on a custom made optical breadboard was measured with a portable spectroradiometer (CS-1000). Light diffusion of light curing units was photographed with DSLR (Nikon D70s) as above. Results: Power density decreased significantly as the layer thickness of the infection control barrier increased, except the one-fold and two-fold in halogen light curing unit. Especially, when the barrier was four-fold and more in the halogen light curing unit, the decrease of power density was more prominent. The wavelength of light curing units was not affected by the barriers and almost no change was detected in the peak wavelength. Light diffusion of LED light curing unit was not affected by barriers, however, halogen light curing unit showed decrease in light diffusion angle when the barrier was four-fold and statistically different decrease when the barrier was eight-fold (p < 0.05). Conclusions: It could be assumed that the infection control barriers should be used as two-fold rather than one-fold to prevent tearing of the barriers and subsequent cross contamination between the patients.
Keywords
Infection control barrier; Light diffusion; Peak wavelength; Power density; Radiometer; Spectroradiometer;
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