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Do you wonder how your curing light is performing?
Half of all dental income relies on the successful use of light-cured materials.1 When a restoration fails, it’s easy to blame the material. But often, the issue may actually be with the curing light itself.
Find out how well your curing light is performing with CheckMARC® from BlueLight Analytics™.
Worried about undercuring? You’re not alone.
A study2 of 915 curing lights in 422 dental clinics found that 73% of test results indicate the need for changes to clinical protocol. These dentists needed to modify their light-curing protocols, even between operatories. Some needed at least one new curing light.
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30% delivered less than half of the energy dose
required by the selected dental material.
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43% used extended curing times
(to ensure an adequate cure), unknowingly risking heat damage.
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Curing times ranged from 3–90 seconds
regardless of the material selected by the dentist.
How it works: CheckMARC® from BlueLight Analytics™
Test your curing light output. Incorporate your materials. Receive clinic-specific reporting. CheckMARC® is the only professional service that provides evidence-based information to determine the curing time needed based on the curing lights and materials used in your clinic.
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Scientifically accurate.
The spectrometer-based CheckMARC® is accurate to within 2% of an Integrating Sphere, the gold standard in laboratory equipment.3
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Clinically relevant.
Testing measures intra-oral performance on a larger restoration where the surface of the resin composite is at a clinically relevant distance.
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Clinic specific.
Reporting provides minimum curing times for resin composites used in your specific dental clinic, and guidance for employing heat management techniques.
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References
- American Dental Association Survey of Dental Services Rendered
- International Association for Dental Research. (2015). Curing Light Outputs, Protocols and Composite Requirements at 422 Dental Offices. #3400.
- Dent Mater. 2015 Apr;31(4):339-50. Robust spectrometer-based methods for characterizing radiant exitance of dental LED light curing units.
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