Effect of beam divergence on the irradiance from dental light curing units
The wide beam imager is a useful tool for measuring the beam divergence from LCUs and predicting the effect of distance on their irradiance. At 10 mm, some LCUs may require a fivefold increase in the exposure time to deliver the same energy they deliver at 0 mm from the tip of the LCU.
Authors
- B. D. MacNeil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4731-3528)
- Soheil Ghaffari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9069-7602)
- Richard Bengt Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6479-1436)
- A. Gulati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1700-3677)
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dental Materials
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2025.01.001
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dental materials and restorations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.35
Funders
- Dalhousie University