High–intensity lights save about $26,399 per year in a typical general practice. This is not pocket change.
By Gordon J. Christensen
High intensity curing lights are safe, easy to use, proven with research and clinical use, and highly preferred by clinicians who have experience with them. Get a new high–intensity LED or a plasma arc light. I suggest you not waste effort by upgrading your older lights.
Many techniques can benefit from the use of high–intensity lights. Among them are composite restorative procedures, flowable composite placement, cementation with resin cements, liners, resin–modified, glass–ionomer restorative material placement, sealants, and many more procedures. Do yourself a favor and cure resin faster and easier with high–intensity lights, while still retaining the quality of cure.
I suggest that you change to using higher intensity curing lights. There are several excellent ones on the market (see Fig. 3). Some examples of three–to–five second curing lights are:
- bluephase 20i LED Light from Ivoclar Vivadent
- Demi™ LED Light Curing System from Kerr
- Elipar™ S10 LED Curing Light from 3M ESPE
- FUSION Curing Light from DentLight Inc.
- VALO LED Curing Light from Ultradent Products\
High–intensity lights save about $26,399 per year in a typical general practice. This is not pocket change.