The age-old saying “time is money” is certainly true for any dental practice, especially with respect to how long you cure your composites. Since 50% of a clinic’s revenue comes from procedures that require light-curing, if performed incorrectly, you’ll see it on your books in the form of emergency post-op visits and no-charge rework.

20-seconds is not a lot of time, but in restorative dentistry, that quick burst of blue from your curing light is 20 seconds that can make the difference between a fabulous or failed filling. It’s just as important as learning how to properly freeze a nerve or drill a tooth, yet there’s little to no focus on it.

Whether you’re replacing a few broken lights or bulk buying brand new curing lights for all your clinics, there are several things to consider when choosing from the hundreds of options that are available on the market today.

The beauty of using Bluelight to test your curing lights is that we identify the ones that are not performing at their best AND help you troubleshoot some easy fixes.

Check out the great new Curing Advisor features that just launched.

We’re coming to you from our famous Bluelight Lab where we just finished documenting some very rigorous testing on whether an infection control barrier affects the irradiance of a curing light at various distances, and guess what? It does!

Calling all DSO Operations and Compliance Teams – we’re making it even easier for you to track the light-curing readiness across your organization. A simple, yet robust, score that provides the peace of mind that all your restorative procedures are performed with excellence.

Fresh out of the dental chair, the latest version of our CheckUp App includes a bright new look, simplified views, and some updated functionality. We’ve made it even easier to ensure your curing lights are working and equipped to cure your materials properly.

Your curing light makes much of the bread-and-butter dentistry you perform every day possible, but it also poses risks. In this blog, we take a closer look at 9 risk factors for dental curing lights and recommend ways to reduce those risks for better patient outcomes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made infection control barriers for curing lights essential. The question dentists should be asking is – do they impact light performance? And if they do, what are the implications for curing times and restorative dentistry?

Is every curing light in every clinic affiliated with your Dental Support Organization working as it should? You could be putting restorations at risk, every day. We share what we found when we used CheckUp to test every curing light at a typical DSO.

For Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, her curing light is one of her most important pieces of equipment. In this video interview, we get her thoughts on what’s important when it comes to light curing and why it’s risky to trust an untested curing light.