3M ESPE Elipar, Руководство по эксплуатации

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- 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:
왘 Place the curing disk on a mixing pad.
왘
Fill your preferred composite into a bore of the curing
disk at least twice as deep as the recommended
layer thickness of your composite.
왘 Cure the composite in the curing disk for the time
recommended by the composite manufacturer.
왘
Scrape off soft material from the bottom of the
cured material with a plastic spatula.
왘 The solid thickness of the cured material in the
curing disk
divided by two is the layer thickness
which can be properly cured.
왘
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.
왘 If you have still doubts about the correct function of
your curing light, contact 3M ESPE service.
The curing disk must only be used to test the
function of the curing light! For clinical depth of
cure, please refer to the Instructions for Use of
the filling material.
Activating and Deactivating the Light
왘 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.
왘 If desired, the light can be turned off by pressing
the START button again before the exposure time
is over.
왘 Holding down the START button activates the tack-
cure function: the device 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
™
Unicem) to enable
easy removal.
Inserting and Removing the Light Guide from/into
the Handpiece
왘 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).
왘 Remove the light guide from the handpiece by
pulling it towards the front.
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
Positioning the Light Guide
왘 Rotate the light guide into the desired position for
polymerization.
왘 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.