Technology
Focused Beam LED Curing Light Technology
Enables Reliable Fast and Deep Cure
Intrinsically, curing light diffracts and disperses quickly while exiting the optical
tip of a curing light. This is particularly true for LED curing light. Historically, this
has been a major problem since all the manufacturers only provide power
specifications at the optical tip. In a clinical environment, the relevant working
distance is typically more than 3 millimeters away from the optical tip limiting
curing depth typically to 2 to 3 millimeters and leading to sometimes
unpredictable curing results due to the sensitivity and tolerance of light intensity
over distance. Overcure is typically used to cover this uncertainty. DentLight’s
FUSION Curing Light uses patent pending Focused Beam LED Curing Light
Technology enabling high power intensity (1500 mW/cm2) light beam and more
importantly maintaining high power intensity over distance. This new technology
minimizes light dispersion away from the light tip. It has been shown* that
comparing with other LED curing light FUSION has the highest power density at
5 millimeter away from the tip and provides more than two times the intensity of
other LED lights at 10 millimeters away from the tip. As a result, FUSION cures
2-millimeter A3 and lighter shades in five seconds and can cure composites as
deep as 10 millimeters, enabling Class II composite restoration in a single
step. For orthodontists, FUSION comes as the best handy tool for bonding
brackets. The unique focused beam gives much more power penetrating
beneath brackets enabling metal brackets curing in just 3 seconds.
Enables Reliable Fast and Deep Cure
Intrinsically, curing light diffracts and disperses quickly while exiting the optical
tip of a curing light. This is particularly true for LED curing light. Historically, this
has been a major problem since all the manufacturers only provide power
specifications at the optical tip. In a clinical environment, the relevant working
distance is typically more than 3 millimeters away from the optical tip limiting
curing depth typically to 2 to 3 millimeters and leading to sometimes
unpredictable curing results due to the sensitivity and tolerance of light intensity
over distance. Overcure is typically used to cover this uncertainty. DentLight’s
FUSION Curing Light uses patent pending Focused Beam LED Curing Light
Technology enabling high power intensity (1500 mW/cm2) light beam and more
importantly maintaining high power intensity over distance. This new technology
minimizes light dispersion away from the light tip. It has been shown* that
comparing with other LED curing light FUSION has the highest power density at
5 millimeter away from the tip and provides more than two times the intensity of
other LED lights at 10 millimeters away from the tip. As a result, FUSION cures
2-millimeter A3 and lighter shades in five seconds and can cure composites as
deep as 10 millimeters, enabling Class II composite restoration in a single
step. For orthodontists, FUSION comes as the best handy tool for bonding
brackets. The unique focused beam gives much more power penetrating
beneath brackets enabling metal brackets curing in just 3 seconds.
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* Data courtesy of DR. FRED A. RUEGGEBERG, Academy of
Operative Dentistry Annual Meeting, Chicago, Feb., 2007
Operative Dentistry Annual Meeting, Chicago, Feb., 2007