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| Author(s): |
Igor Studart Medeiros
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2001-12-18 |
| Examining board members: |
Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato;
Anselmo Ortega Boschi;
Fernando Mandarino
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| Advisor: | Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato |
| Abstract | |
The improvement of composite resins polymerization through visible light has been an important research topic. The majority of the studies, however, are restricted only to the conventional light sources and little has been made to viable new sources, introducing new technologies in this area of the knowledge. In intention to develop new light sources for dental composite resins polymerization, the Optics Groups is one of the pioneers in the development and characterization of devices, using blue LEDs for this purpose. In this work, it was verified the viability of a new device based in blue LEDs, executing a comparative analysis with the conventional polymerization device and the argon laser. It was executed the test of thermal analysis during the process of exposure to the polymerization light, to verify the thermal variation in the pulpal chambers of third molars caries free. After that, it was determined the variation of microhardness and diametral tensile strength properties when composite specimens were storaged in chemical agents found in the oral cavity. The results have demonstrated that the LEDs based device present is viable for polymerization of dental composites with some advantages in relation to other used light sources. (AU) | |