Dental Materials Journal
Online ISSN : 1881-1361
Print ISSN : 0287-4547
ISSN-L : 0287-4547
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Stability and Reproducibility of Radiometric Properties of Light Curing Units (LCUs). Part II: LED LCUs
María del Mar PÉREZFrancisco PÉREZ-OCÓNCristina LUCENA-MARTÍNRosa PULGAR
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2008 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 292-299

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The present work is the second part of a study on the stability and reproducibility of the energy and spectral emission of some light curing units (LCUs). In this part, Part II, LED LCUs were investigated. Results revealed that these devices presented high stability and reproducibility in terms of their spectral emission, with values of VAF (variance accounting for) coefficient calculated from the Cauchy—Schwarz inequality all close to 100%. With respect to energy stability, the LED LCUs presented energy stability except for the third-generation LED LCUs which have several LEDs. For these devices, the law of reciprocity was not fulfilled as irradiance was not constant over exposure time. This result should be taken into account both in works examining the polymerization kinetics of dental materials as well as when these LED LCUs are used in clinical practice.

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© 2008 The Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices
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