Assessment of Heat Hazard during the Polymerization of Selected Light-Sensitive Dental Materials

Table 1

Types of materials, sample sizes, sample maximum temperature , and time of reaching maximum temperature (: mass, : diameter, : height, and : the distance between the polymerization unit and the sample).

Material	(mg)	(mm)	(mm)	(mm)	(°C)	(s)
Te-Econom A-1	70	2	4	0	40.5	7.6
	70	2	4	3	39.2	8.2
	150	5	4	0	39.8	17.5
	220	2	8	0	43.5	10.6
	520	5	8	0	52.5	20.6
Filtek Supreme XT A-1B	120	5	4	0	39.2	17.0
	490	5	8	0	41.3	23.4
Filtek Supreme XT A-3B	219	2	8	0	46.8	22.5
Filtek Supreme XT A-1D	69	2	4	0	31.4	9.3
	71	2	4	0	36.7	43.0
	123	5	4	0	37.1	49.8
	200	2	8	0	41.0	14.0
	200	2	8	3	40.8	14.4
Filtek Supreme XT A-4D	200	2	8	3	44.2	49.0
Filtek Supreme XT A-1E	68	2	4	3	36.4	10.0
	200	2	8	3	42.2	14.2
Tetric EvoCeram	69	2	4	0	31.1	22.9
	70	2	4	3	34.2	11.4
	140	5	4	0	38.5	21.8
	220	2	8	0	42.1	10.0
	210	2	8	3	39.3	43.1
	500	5	8	0	44.8	40.4
Gradia Direct A-3	60	2	4	0	36.8	44.6
	60	2	4	3	36.1	49.6
	92	5	4	0	51.6	41.4
	170	2	8	0	55.5	41.9
	172	2	8	3	62.5	42.0
	380	5	8	0	64.3	39.7
Ionosit	18	0.1	2.7	0	34.3	13.3
	19	0.1	3.0	2	35.4	12.9
ExciTE	22	0.1	6.0	0	30.2	3.1
	21	0.1	5.0	2	42.2	4.3
	22	0.1	5.5	5	39.4	4.9

E: enamel, D: dentine, and B: body.