Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30291465›Full record

ArticleLasers in medical science2019

Effectiveness of photopolymerization in composite resins using a novel 445-nm diode laser in comparison to LED and halogen bulb technology.

Thomas Drost, Susanne Reimann, Matthias Frentzen, Jörg Meister

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas DrostDepartment of Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Bonn University, Dental Faculty, Welschnonnenstrasse 17, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
Susanne ReimannOral Technology, Bonn University, Dental Faculty, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
Matthias FrentzenDepartment of Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Bonn University, Dental Faculty, Welschnonnenstrasse 17, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
Jörg MeisterDepartment of Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Bonn University, Dental Faculty, Welschnonnenstrasse 17, 53111, Bonn, Germany. jmeister@uni-bonn.de.
University of Bonn · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Challenges especially in the minimal invasive restorative treatment of teeth require further developments of composite polymerization techniques. These include, among others, the securing of a complete polymerization with moderate thermal stress for the pulp. The aim of this study is to compare current light curing sources with a blue diode laser regarding curing depth and heat generation during the polymerization process. A diode laser (445 nm), a LED, and a halogen lamp were used for polymerizing composite resins. The curing depth was determined according to the norm ISO 4049. Laser output powers of 0.1, 0.5, 1, and 2 W were chosen. The laser beam diameter was adapted to the glass rod of the LED and the halogen lamp (8 mm). The irradiation time was fixed at 40 s. To ascertain ΔT values, the surface and ground area temperatures of the cavities were simultaneously determined during the curing via a thermography camera and a thermocouple. The curing depths for the LED (3.3 mm), halogen lamp (3.1 mm) and laser

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Lasers, SemiconductorLightComposite ResinsCuring Lights, DentalHalogensMaterials TestingPolymerizationPolymersTemperatureComposite ResinsHalogensPolymersBlue diode laserComposite resinCuring depthPhotopolymerizationPolymerization temperatureRestorative dentistry

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PMID30291465
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