Dr Antenson lecture

Question 1

What is an astropol?

Answer 1

3 step finisher

• Finish
• polish
• High gloss finish

Used for composite materials and amalgams

Question 2

What does the astropol grey (F) do?

Answer 2

Its the first step finisher that removes excess composite from the tooth prep

Question 3

What does the astropol green (P) do?

Answer 3

its used to polish composite Middle step

Question 4

What does astropol pink (HP) do?

Answer 4

-High gloss finish

Question 5

What are the shapes astropol come in?

Answer 5

• Small flame
• Large flame
• Cup
• Disk

Question 6

What is the composition of astropol F and P?

Answer 6

Contains silicon rubber, silicon carbide particles and color pigments

Question 7

What does Astropol HP contain?

Answer 7

-Diamond particles, aluminum oxide particles, titanium oxide particles and iron oxide.

Question 8

What does Bluphase polywave make to do?

Answer 8

It has 2 different LEDs that leads to a halogen like a spectrum from (380-515 nm)

Question 9

What makes Bluephase very usefull?

Answer 9

It has an integrated invisible fan so its virtually noiseless.

• You dont need to take breaks so you can cement multiple restorations without worry
• Its also cordless but still have a safety net
• You can use it for almost every material due to the polywave LED function
• BluePhase advertised light intensity matches the ADA investigation

Question 10

What did the ADA investigation about light intensity reveal?

Answer 10

-It revealed that the manufacturers declared intensities are a lot lower than advertised! The LED light intensities is way below manufacturers specifications

Question 11

Whats the curing depth for bluephase G2 for a 10 sec curing time?

Answer 11

2.8 for a.2 mW/Cm^2