Open AccessEffect of light-emitting diode and halogen light curing on the micro-hardness of dental composite and resin-modified glass ionomer cement: An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Manish Bhalla,
Dhvani Gordhanbhai Patel,
N D Shashikiran,
Rachappa Mallikarjuna,
Triveni Mohan Nalawade,
H. N. Jagannath Reddy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.105011
Subject(s) - materials science , curing (chemistry) , glass ionomer cement , composite material , composite number , halogen lamp , hardening (computing) , light emitting diode , optics , physics , optoelectronics , layer (electronics)
This in vitro study was conducted to evaluate and compare the micro-hardness of composite resin and resin-modified glass ionomer cement using light-emitting diode (LED) and halogen curing and also to inter-compare the effect of LED and halogen curing.