Activating And Deactivating The Light; Inserting And Removing The Light Guide From/Into The Handpiece; Positioning The Light Guide; Testing Of Light Intensity - 3M Elipar DeepCure-L Manual

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Activating and Deactivating the Light

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Briefly press the START button; the light will turn on.
- The LEDs first indicate the set exposure time;
all 4 LEDs light up for 20 sec. Every 5 sec, as
the time runs down, the LEDs will turn off one at
a time; at 15 sec remaining time, 3 LEDs will still
be on, at 10 sec remaining time 2 LEDs, etc.
- The LEDs do not come on at all in continuous
mode; an audible signal is emitted every
10 seconds.
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If desired, the light can be turned off by pressing
the START button again before the exposure time
is over.
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Holding down the START button activates the
tack-cure mode: the devxice emits a single short
light pulse which enables the defined curing of
Protemp ™ Crown temporary restorations or a light-
curing cement excess (e.g., RelyX
enable easy removal.
Inserting and Removing the Light Guide from/into
the Handpiece
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Attach the light guide to the handpiece by inserting
it with a slight rotation until it clicks firmly into place
and there are no gaps between the neck of the light
guide and the handpiece (see picture).
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Remove the light guide by turning slightly and
pulling it out of the handpiece.

Positioning the Light Guide

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Rotate the light guide into the desired position for
polymerization.
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To make full use of the light intensity provided, place
the light guide as close to the filling as possible.
Avoid directly contacting the filling material!
- Keep the light guide clean at all times to obtain
full light intensity.
- Damaged light guides substantially reduce
the light intensity and must be replaced
immediately, sharp edges may cause serious
injury!

Testing of Light Intensity

Depending on the layer thickness of the filling material
being cured, it is possible to check the function of the
curing light using curing disks for composites:
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Place the curing disk on a mixing pad.
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Fill your preferred composite into a bore of the curing
disk at least twice as deep as the recommended
layer thickness of your composite.
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Cure the composite in the curing disk for the time
recommended by the composite manufacturer.
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Scrape off soft material from the bottom of the
cured material with a plastic spatula.
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The solid thickness of the cured material in the
Unicem) to
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curing disk divided by two is the layer thickness
which can be properly cured.
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If you have doubts about the correct function of your
curing light, clean the light guide and the protection
glass in the light guide mounting hole and ensure
proper fit of the light guide in the handpiece and
repeat the intensity test.
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If you have still doubts about the correct function of
your curing light, contact 3M service.
The curing disk must only be used to test the func-
tion of the curing light! For clinical depth of cure,
please refer to the Instructions for Use of
the filling material.
Commonly available devices for measuring light intensity
can also be used; their measurement values should
not be regarded as absolute values. When such devices
are used, we recommend recording the intensity of the
curing light before its first use and measuring it again at
regular intervals so that any decrease in light intensity
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