Polymerization dental lamp: why is it needed and how to choose it?

The health of a person's teeth is the guarantee of their longevity. If you keep oral hygiene, visit a dentist on time, and not only when "something hurts", but for prevention, your smile will remain with you for many years. It was necessary to put a seal? It remains to hope for the professionalism of the doctor, as well as the quality of the materials used for tooth restoration.

Polymerization dental lamp, as well as other specialized equipment and tools are the best dentists. So he should know what kinds of lamps for polymerization are and what to look for when choosing.

What is such a device?

Just a couple of decades ago, dental treatment in dental clinics was carried out at a fairly simple level. Neither the equipment nor the available materials made it possible to carry out a high-quality restoration of teeth - seals often fell out, and artificial teeth were immediately evident. But with the expansion of modern technologies it became possible to carry out not only a durable filling of teeth, but also a tooth extension so that it was identical to the natural one. As the main material used today by dentists, is the photocomposite, which solidifies, falling under the light energy source. A radiates this light, whose wavelength is 470 nm, a polymerization dental lamp.

What is this device? We will try to answer this question. Lamp for polymerization of teeth is a special device that is used in dental practice to provide hardening of photopolymer seals, insulating pads, hermetic materials and adhesive systems.

Types of devices

There are several types of lamps designed for effective polymerization of materials used for the restoration of human teeth. Knowing some differences, the dentist will be easier to make a choice in favor of a particular device. So, they happen of such types:

• Halogen - incandescent tungsten filament, located in a light bulb with halogen gas, forming light. In order to produce useful light, an interfering filter is provided in the device. This model is cheaper than LED, but this device has drawbacks: it is not wireless, and it needs to regularly change the light filter and incandescent lamp.
• LED Light. In them, the generation of light inside the semiconductor crystal is realized by using the energy of the excited electrons. LED lamps are by far the most popular. They have a fast coefficient of action, they do not have a filter, their efficiency is high. They do not radiate heat. Another advantage - these devices are wireless, which is very convenient for a dentist. How much does the polymerization dental lamp cost? Its price varies between 5000 and 20,000 rubles. In this range are also used and second-hand models.

• Plasma-arc. In such devices, powerful radiation is obtained by using a high-voltage arc in a gaseous sphere, sparse between the electrodes.
• Laser. Their light is produced by the transition of electrons from an unstable state to a stable state.

It can also be noted that the last two types of lamps have not been distributed to dentists, since they "sit down" the composite. If you need a polymerization dental lamp, we recommend that you pay attention to the second option.

What should I look for when choosing a device?

Let's figure out which criteria should be paid attention if you decide to choose a polymerization dental lamp. China, by the way, also produces decent models. So:

• When buying it is worth paying attention to the radiator, namely its convenience and ease. After all, it will take a long time to work with the device.
• If you are inclined in favor of non-LED mechanisms, then pay attention to what kind of noise comes from the fan. If it is too high, you will be uncomfortable to work.
• Density of light flux. The higher it is, the faster the photopolymer material will solidify.

• Is the model wireless. For some dentists who carry out permanent treatment of patients and take them into account, the polymerization dental lamp should be necessarily wireless, because this is a guarantee of comfort in the process of long-term work. But if the presence of wires is not a hindrance, you can pay attention to another option.

Popular Models

It is worth mentioning separately the popular, relatively inexpensive, but high-quality models. These are lamps such as Dr's Light, equipped with the function of teeth whitening, WBL-100, LED Skylight, which provides three modes of operation, and polymerization dental lamp, which is compact in size.