| Autor: |
David Watts |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Watts, D C 2023, ' Light-curing dental resin-based composites: How it works and how you can make it work ', Frontiers in Dental Medicine, vol. 4 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2023.1108316 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fdmed.2023.1108316 |
| Popis: |
AimClinicians may become quite familiar with the rapid transformation of composite pastes to rigid solids, as a routine phenomenon in operative dentistry. But they may still lack scientific understanding of how and why this happens. Efforts to learn scientifically about the interaction between light beams and resin-composites can significantly promote effective clinical placement of restorations. Neglect of such study can result in practical procedures of light-curing that are inadequate or even seriously defective.MethodThis review addresses the underlying science and technology to elucidate how light curing works, for dental resin-based composites, including—but not limited to—bulk fill types. This involves questions concerning: (a) the particle-wave understanding of light; (b) how photons can penetrate sufficiently deeply into bulk fill composites; (c) the necessary technology of LED light-curing units (LCUs); (d) the criteria for absorption of photons by photo initiators to initiate free-radical addition polymerisation.ConclusionsThe implications for clinical practice are surveyed. These include design variables and selection criteria for LED-LCUs and guidelines on their use. This is to guide practitioners towards safe and effective light-curing procedures so that they can achieve optimal result for their patients. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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