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June 2007 • Volume 23 • Number 54

LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE POLYMERIZATION:
A REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE, PART II

Review article

 

Joe C. Ontiveros,
Rade D. Paravina

UnIversIty Of texas DentaL Branch at hOUstOn; DePartment Of restOratIve DentIstry anD BIOmaterIaLs;
UnIversIty Of texas DentaL Branch at hOUstOn, hOUstOn, tx 77030-3402, Usa
   
...Abstract


Several important properties associated with light-emitting diode (LED) polymerization lights and dental materials treated using LED technology, such as compressive and flexural strength, bond strength, temperature rise, power density, and material thickness and opacity, have been reviewed in this paper.

Key words: polymerization, light-emitting diode, depth of cure, hardness, degree of conversion, compressive strength, flexural strength, bond strength
 
...Authors and Reprint Information

Joe C. Ontiveros, DDs, ms,
Head, Section of Biomaterials and Director of Esthetic Dentistry
Assistant Professor, Department of restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials
University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston
6516 m.D. anderson Blvd., room 493
Houston, Tx 77030-3402
Phone: 713-500-4482
E-mail: Joe.c.Ontiveros@uth.tmc.edu


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