State-of-the-art: dental photocuring—a review

FA Rueggeberg - Dental materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Light curing in dentistry has truly revolutionized the practice of this art and science. With the
exception bonding to tooth structure, there is perhaps no single advancement that has …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting polymerization of resin-based composites: A literature review

MM AlShaafi - The Saudi dental journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Aim The aim of this review was to help clinicians improve their understanding of the
polymerization process for resin-based composites (RBC), the effects of different factors on …

Irradiance differences in the violet (405 nm) and blue (460 nm) spectral ranges among dental light‐curing units

RBT Price, D Labrie, FA Rueggeberg… - Journal of Esthetic and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Problem: Previous studies identified nonuniformity in the irradiance at the tip end of a variety
of dental light‐curing units (LCUs) and correlated those differences with potential clinical …

Effect of delivering light in specific narrow bandwidths from 394 to 515 nm on the micro-hardness of resin composites

RBT Price, CA Felix - Dental Materials, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the wavelength-dependent photosensitivity of eleven
resin composites (Admira A2, Heliomolar A2, Herculite XRV A2, Pyramid Dentin A2, Ælite …

Knoop hardness of ten resin composites irradiated with high-power LED and quartz-tungsten-halogen lights

RBT Price, CA Felix, P Andreou - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
This study compared a high-power light-emitting-diode (LED) curing light (FreeLight 2, 3M
ESPE) with a quartz-tungsten-halogen (QTH) light (TriLight, 3M ESPE) to determine which …

[PDF][PDF] Factors influencing success of radiant exposure in light-curing posterior dental composite in the clinical setting

H Maktabi, AA Balhaddad, Q Alkhubaizi, H Strassler… - Am J Dent, 2018 - amjdent.com
Purposes:(1) To conduct a comprehensive review of the literature on factors influencing the
radiant exposure of resin-based composite (RBC) restorations and (2) To fully understand …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of CAD/CAM aesthetic material thickness and translucency on the polymerisation of light-and dual-cured resin cements

R Babaier, J Haider, N Silikas, DC Watts - Dental Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives This study investigated potential variations in polymerisation of light-and dual-
cured (LC and DC) resin cements photoactivated through four CAD/CAM restorative …

Influence of increment thickness on radiant energy and microhardness of bulk-fill resin composites

G Karacolak, LS Turkun, H Boyacioglu… - Dental materials …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Determining the energy transferred at the bottom of eleven bulk-fill resin composites,
comparing top and bottom microhardness's and evaluating the correlation between …

The influence of tip geometry and distance on light-curing efficacy

G Corciolani, A Vichi, CL Davidson… - Operative …, 2008 - meridian.allenpress.com
Clinical Relevance Among the factors that significantly influence the depth of cure of resin
composite restorations—the distance between the tip of the light source and the restorative …

The effects of halogen and light-emitting diode light curing on the depth of cure and surface microhardness of composite resins

BC Yaman, BG Efes, C Dörter, Y Gömeç… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Aim: Light-emitting diode light curing units (LED LCUs) have become more popular than
halogen LCUs in routine dental restorative treatment. The aim of the study was to compare …