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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Knoop Hardness of a Composite Resin Polymerized with Different Curing Lights and Different Modes

A. Rüya Yazici, Gerard Kugel, Gülsün Gül

Citation Information : Yazici AR, Kugel G, Gül G. The Knoop Hardness of a Composite Resin Polymerized with Different Curing Lights and Different Modes. J Contemp Dent Pract 2007; 8 (2):52-59.

DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-8-2-52

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Published Online: 01-05-2008

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2007; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aim

The purpose of this study was to compare the surface hardness of a hybrid composite resin polymerized with different curing lights.

Methods and Materials

Two 3.0 mm thick composite resin discs were polymerized in a prepared natural tooth mold using: (1) a conventional quartz-tungsten halogen light (QTH- Spectrum 800); (2) a high-intensity halogen light, Elipar Trilight (TL) - standard/exponential mode; (3) a high-intensity halogen light, Elipar Highlight (HL) - standard/soft-start mode; (4) a light-emitting diode, Elipar Freelight (LED); and (5) a plasma-arc curing light, Virtuoso (PAC). Exposure times were 40 seconds for the halogen and LED lights, and three and five seconds for the PAC light. Following polymerization, the Knoop hardness was measured at the bottom and the top surfaces of the discs.

Results

Significant differences were found between top and bottom Knoop Hardness number (KHN) values for all lights. The hardness of the top and bottom surfaces of both specimens cured by the PAC light was significantly lower than the other lights. No significant hardness differences were observed between the remaining curing units at the top of the 2.0 mm specimens. Significant differences were found between the LED and two modes of HL on the bottom surfaces. For the 3.0 mm thick samples, while significant differences were noted between LED and TL standard mode and between the two TL curing modes on the top, significant differences were only observed between QTH and the standard modes of TL and HL at the bottom.

Citation

Yazici AR, Kugel G, Gül G. The Knoop Hardness of a Composite Resin Polymerized with Different Curing Lights and Different Modes. J Contemp Dent Pract 2007 February;(8)2:052-059.


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