The Dentist London Blog

What is that blue light you are shining in my child’s mouth? Dentists are very gadget oriented. We love the newest gizmos some of which are valuable to our clinical practice and some which are not. One of the advances in modern dentistry is the advent of light cured composite restorative materials (in other words-white fillings). The filling material starts out like a putty like substance you place and contour into the cavity preperation. You shine this blue looking curing light onto the material. This causes a polymerization reaction and makes the material get as hard as a rock (harder really) in just a few seconds…