Review Article

Year : 2019 | Volume : 10 | Issue : 3 | Page : 121-133

Light-curing unit (devices)

Pooja Garbadrao Hadole, Suchita Sadashiv Daokar

Department of Orthodontics, CSMSS Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:

Suchita Sadashiv Daokar

Department of Orthodontics, CSMSS Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad - 431 002, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract:

Bonding is the most published and researched procedure in orthodontics. Since its inception in 1954 by Buonocore, bonding material and technique have undergone major innovations and upgrading. Self-cured bonding materials were truly replaced with light cure ones, which provide an added advantage of controlled curing time and ease of operation. The light cure bonding material needs a specific light cure device for its curing. These devices have also undergone major changes in the past years. Halogen light cure devices were replaced by plasma arc, and recently, market is now flooded with light emitting diode light cure devices. However, literature search failed to reveal any review on this aspect. Hence, the author felt the need to review this untrodden topic. This article deals in detail with the various light cure devices used in orthodontics.

Conflict of Interest: 

None

DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_1_19

How to cite this article: Hadole PG, Daokar SS. Light‐curing unit (devices). Int J Orthod Rehabil 2019;10:121-33.