Open AccessThe effect of curing time by conventional quartz tungsten halogens and new light-emitting diodes light curing units on degree of conversion and microhardness of a nanohybrid resin composite
Author(s) -
Saijai Tanthanuch,
Boonlert Kukiattrakoon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/jcd.jcd_498_18
Subject(s) - materials science , indentation hardness , curing (chemistry) , composite number , composite material , polymerization , light emitting diode , halogen lamp , tungsten , hardness , metallurgy , microstructure , polymer , optics , optoelectronics , physics
Little is known about the relationship between the minimal light-curing time required for proper polymerization on various quartz-tungsten-halogen (QTH) and light-emitting diode (LED) light-curing units that have different light intensities.