title: Three generations of LED lights and clinical implications for optimizing their use. 1: from past to present.
abstract: In the present era of adhesive dentistry light-curing units are essential pieces of surgery equipment for everyday practice. The success and longevity of light-activated resin sealants, photo-cured restorations and orthodontic treatments are related to the efficacy of the light-curing process. Energy efficient blue LED lights are rapidly replacing their halogen lamp predecessors as the standard light source. Manufacturers are producing materials with different initiators and not all of these materials can be properly polymerized with blue LED lights.
authors.affiliation: UFR d'Odontologie de Montpellier 1545, avenue du Professeur Jean-Louis Viala 34193, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pelissier
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jacquot
authors.forename: Will M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Palin
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Shortall
mesh_terms: D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects*; D055117:Curing Lights, Dental / Q000145:classification* / Q000266:history; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004867:Equipment Design; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D058567:Photoinitiators, Dental / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D058105:Polymerization; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D058567:Photoinitiators, Dental