PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare postoperative sensitivity following placement of posterior composite restorations using the fast- or step-curing modes of an LED curing light. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty patients participated, with each having two homologous contralateral posterior teeth with Class II carious lesions. One restoration was cured using the fast-curing mode of the LE...

present research involves the complete simulation of pultrusion manufacturing process of glass/polyester composites. for that purpose, the curing process is divided to two liquid and gel-solid phases. the physical characteristics of the resin consist of specific heat, viscosity and coefficient of heat transfer changes with variations of temperature and increasing the degree of curing process (α...

Curing of composite laminates in a vessel was investigated this study. The environment inside the processing dictates efficiency and ultimately drives quality thermoset parts. Experimental measurements spatial heat transfer coefficients were conducted on industrial scale vessels, including autoclaves large ovens, which final part using experimental data as input to coupled curing model. Measure...

Variable-frequency microwave (VFM) curing can perform the same processing steps as conventional thermal processing in minutes, without compromising intrinsic material properties. With increasing demand for novel dielectrics, there is a corresponding demand for new processing techniques that lead to comparable or better properties than conventional methods. VFM processing can be a viable alterna...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the curing behavior of a nanocomposite by assessing in real time the degree of cure at depths of 2 mm and 6 mm. The variation of hardness with depth, shrinkage stress, and curing time until gelation with 16 curing regimes was further investigated using one halogen and three LED curing units. In the present study, it was shown that the soft-start polymeri...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to compare the light transmittance of zirconia in different thicknesses using various light curing units. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 21 disc-shaped zirconia specimens (5 mm in diameter) in different thicknesses (0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 mm) were prepared. The light transmittance of the specimens under three different light-curing units (quartz tungsten ha...

This data article provides a comparison data for nano-cement based concrete (NCC) and ordinary Portland cement based concrete (OPCC). Concrete samples (OPCC) were fabricated using ten different mix design and their characterization data is provided here. Optimization of curing time using the Weibull distribution model was done by analyzing the rate of change of compressive strength of the OPCC....

introduction: discoloration of resin composites is a common reason for replacement of these restorations. the aim of this study was to eva-luate the influence of different light curing de-vices on color stability of a microhybrid resin composite. materials and methods: 80 disc-shaped speci-mens (8 mm in diameter, 2-mm height) were fabricated from filtek z250 resin composite. specimens were divid...

To reduce the labor cost and the workload required in the tobacco curing process, an intelligent tobacco curing control technique adopting color identification of the tobacco leaves is proposed. The HSI color space is used in color segmentation and the color recognition with fuzzy decision is used in the curing process. The curing controller can identify the curing stage by the color features o...

Flue-curing is a post harvest conditioning process which strongly affects the tobacco leaf chemistry, and consequently the chemical properties of tobacco smoke. Several studies identified the major changes in tobacco chemistry occurring during flue-curing. It is not known how flue-curing contributes to changes in bioactivity of cigarette smoke condensate (CSC). In this study, tobacco leaves col...