Radiant-exposure attenuation through Class-2 proximal slots.

Purpose: To determine the extent of radiant exposure (RE) attenuation of three LED light-polymerization units (LPUs), and their beam-profile, at the bottom of the Class-2 slot, using MARC-PS.

Methods: 10 seconds RE was delivered to MARC-PS' anterior sensor by Bluephase-Style, Demi-Plus, and Deep-Cure-S. Two ivorine lower first-molars received Class-2 proximal box preparations: (3×2×4 mm and 4×4×4 mm) and were sectioned horizontally above the cementoenamel junction.

Robust spectrometer-based methods for characterizing radiant exitance of dental LED light curing units.

Objectives: Firstly, to assess light output, from a representative range of dental light curing units (LCUs), using a new portable spectrometer based instrument (checkMARC™) compared with a "gold standard" method. Secondly, to assess possible inconsistency between light output measurements using three different laboratory-grade thermopile instruments.

Methods: The output of four blue-dental LCUs and four polywave blue-and-violet-LCUs was measured with two spectrometer-based systems: a portable spectrometer instrument and a benchtop Integrating Sphere fiber-coupled spectrometer system.