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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.

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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?

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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