Article: New data from Kagoshima University illuminate research in dentistry.(Report)

"The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of various visible light photoinitiators on the polymerization efficiency and color of the light-activated resins. Four photoinitiators, including cam phorquinone, phenylpropanedione, monoacrylphosphine oxide (TPO), and bisacrylphosphine oxide (Ir819), were used," scientists in Kagoshima, Japan report (see also Dentistry).

"Each photoinitiator was dissolved in a Bis-GMA and TEGDMA monomer mixture. were polymerized using dental quartz-tungsten halogen lamp (QTH), plasma-ark lamp and blue LED light-curing units, and a custom-made violet LED light unit. The degree of monomer conversion and CIE L *a*6* color ...

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