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Monitoring Curing Light Performance Best Practices Guide
We’re passionate about ensuring that every patient who undergoes a restoration receives the best possible treatment, which is why we have worked with experts in the field to produce this best practices guide for monitoring curing light performance.
The Missing Link for Curing Light Monitoring
We know that no restoration will last forever, but what if these failures have nothing to do with your clinical skills or handling of materials and were a result of the malfunction of your curing light?
Why Should I Test My Dental Curing Lights?
Why should you test your dental curing lights? Find out the causes of curing light underperformance, what can happen if the wrong curing time is used, how to test your curing lights, and more!
Bluelight Analytics Announces Brad Rodgers as New CEO
Bluelight Analytics announced today that recognized Halifax technology executive Brad Rodgers will be joining the company as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 26, 2019.
Smart Dental Technology To Instill Confidence With Every Cure
checkUP, the world’s first “smart” light measurment technology, was created to give dentists the power to test their curing lights, track their materials and recieve precise curing times for each restoration—all in the palm of their hand.
Bluelight Analytics Awarded Best of Class Emerging Technology Award
Cellerant named Bluelight Analytics the winner of the Best in Class 2019 Emerging Technology Award. The award recognizes emerging innovative dental technologies that will greatly impact the standard of care in the dental industry.
CheckMARC Achieves Highest Laboratory Standard for Measuring Curing Light Output
BlueLight Analytics’ CheckMARC has achieved the highest laboratory standard for accuracy in measuring curing light output. In an article published in Dental Materials, CheckMARC was evaluated against other available methods and compared favourably to an integrating sphere.
Light Transmission Through Ceramic and Tooth Structure
Very little light transmits through tooth structure. This is important because some dentists have been advised, when placing veneers on anterior teeth, to cure from the palatal or lingual aspect.
3M ESPE Offers CheckMARC Service in Canada
3M ESPE is now offering the checkMARC Service to Canadian dentists at no cost. Dentists value the checkMARC Service because it helps them to confidently manage the increasingly confusing and often conflicting array of curing light equipment and material protocols.
Dentists Struggle to Manage Light Curing Complexities
An examination of 915 curing lights in 422 dental clinics in 18 cities indicated that 30% of curing lights were not capable of delivering even half of the energy dose required by the brand and shade of resin composite used.
American Dental Association Publishes Light Curing Guidelines
ADA has published clinical guidelines for light curing, which provide clinicians with clear direction on how to manage the growing complexities associated with the process of light curing dental restorative materials.