Defining the requirements for a commercial device that can be used to assess adequacy of the polymerisation of light cured resin materials

We propose to collaborate with BlueLight analytics inc., a Halifax based manufacturer of dental devices, todefine the requirements for a commercial device that can be used to assess the microhardness and adequacy ofthe polymerisation of white resin dental fillings.BlueLight currently manufactures a device to measure the effectiveness of light delivery to dental fillings. Thedevice, trademarked MARC, is used by dental manufacturers to assess and develop new polymeric resins andcuring lights (photo initiators) for use in dentistry. MARC is also being used to teach dental students andrefresh the training of practising dentists in proper resin curing techniques.In this project the Price laboratory will work with BlueLight to develop a device that can correlate the resultsobtained on MARC with the capacity of a variety of curing lights to polymerize dental resin material from avariety of manufacturers. The new device should produce a hardness matrix of lights versus materials andcorrelate this hardness matrix with user information for various lights and filling locations. BlueLight believesthat this type of new device would have a significant impact on the development of new dental materials anddevices and could be used synergistically with MARC and that there is a significant new market opportunityfor Bluelight in this area.BlueLight is very interested to determine if such a device is feasible and can be developed for both researchand commercial use. In fact BlueLight has been requested by companies and researchers to produce such adevice for use with versions of MARC, which have already been sold and installed in several countries inNorth America, Asia and Europe.