title: Effect of radiation light characteristics on surface hardness of paint-on resin for shade modification.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of radiation light characteristics--of different types of clinical light-curing unit--on polymerization efficiency, as determined by the surface hardness of light-cured paint-on resins. Four shades of paint-on resin for shade modification of restorative resins were used. Materials were cured using one laboratory and three clinical light-curing units with different light sources, namely tungsten-halogen, LED, plasma arc, and xenon flash lamps. Knoop hardness measurements were taken at both the top and bottom surfaces of the specimens to assess the mechanical properties and degree of polymerization. Both LED and plasma arc light units caused significantly poorer surface hardness than the halogen and laboratory xenon lights. In addition, the transparent shade was more sensitive to surface hardness than other chromatic shades. Our results indicated that the polymerization efficiency of paint-on resin was significantly influenced by the radiation light characteristics of clinical light-curing units.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Japan. hiro@dentb.hal.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arikawa
authors.forename: Takahito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanie
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ban
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003748:Dental Equipment; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006219:Halogens; D006244:Hardness / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D010150:Paint; D044367:Phase Transition; D012666:Semiconductors; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D006219:Halogens; D014978:Xenon