4. Operation
Disinfect contaminated surfaces of the curing light as
well as light probes and anti-glare cones before each
use. Furthermore, make sure that the light output emit-
ted by the curing light permits adequate polymerization.
For that purpose, inspect the light probe for contamina-
tion and damage and check the light intensity at regular
intervals (e.g. with the Ivoclar Vivadent radiometer
"Bluephase Meter").
Curing times
Restorative materials
Indirect restorations /
cementation materials
Adhesives
Temporary materials
Miscellaneous
1) Applies to a maximum layer thickness of 2 mm and provided that the Instructions for Use of
the respective material do not state any other recommendation (might be the case e.g. with
dentin shades)
2) Applies to a maximum layer thickness of 4 mm and provided that the Instructions for Use of
the respective material do not state any other recommendation (might be the case e.g. with
dentin shades)
Composites
• 2 mm
1)
IPS Empress Direct / IPS Empress Direct Flow
Tetric EvoCeram / Tetric EvoFlow
Tetric / Tetric Basic White / Tetric N-Ceram / Tetric N-Flow
• 4 mm
2)
Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill / Tetric N-Ceram Bulk Fill
Tetric Basic White
Heliomolar / Heliomolar HB / Heliomolar Flow
All conventional composites
Compomers
3)
Compoglass F / Compoglass Flow
Variolink II Base
/ Variolink Veneer / Variolink N Base
4)
Variolink N Clear Veneer / Variolink Ultra
Dual Cement
/ Variolink II
5)
5)
AdheSE / ExciTE F / Tetric N-Bond / Tetric N-Bond Self-Etch /
Te-Econom Bond
Telio CS Link / Systemp.link
Systemp.inlay/onlay / Telio CS Inlay/Onlay / Fermit / Fermit N
Telio Stains
Telio Add-On Flow
Helioseal / Helioseal F / Helioseal Clear
Heliosit Orthodontic
Vivaglass Liner
IPS Empress Direct Color / IPS Empress Opaque
MultiCore Flow / Multicore HB
Selecting the curing time
Observe the Instructions for Use of the material used
when selecting the curing time. The curing recommenda-
tions for composite materials apply to all shades and, if
not mentioned otherwise in the Instructions for Use of
the relevant material, to a maximum layer thickness of
2 mm. Generally, these recommendations apply to situa-
tions where the emission window of the light probe is
placed directly over the material to be polymerized.
Increasing the distance between the light source and the
material will require the curing time to be extended
accordingly. For instance, if the distance to the material
is 9 mm, the effective light output is reduced by approx.
50%. In this case, the recommended curing time has to
be doubled.
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4)
5)
3) Applies to a maximum layer thickness of 3 mm
4) Applies to light-curing (use of the base past only)
5) Applies to dual-curing
800 mW/cm
± 10%
2
15 s
15 s
20 s
20 s
40 s
per mm ceramic:
10 s per surface
10 s
15 s per surface
10 s
15 s
20 s
20 s
30 s
40 s
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