Being proactive is essential to the success of a dental assistant. Offering a second opinion, anticipating the dentist’s needs, and providing suggestions about the use of new dental technologies can help increase practice efficiency and productivity, and provide patients with the highest quality care. Keeping up-to-date with new products, such as high-intensity LED curing lights, is one way for dental assistants to offer even more value to the entire dental team. For a busy dental practice, the curing light is a key piece of technology that gets used and passed from operatory to operatory on a daily basis.

Have you noticed your current curing light has become slow, or the low-intensity cure doesn’t meet your practice’s needs? Or maybe your practice is expanding and you could use an effective new light to keep up with the growth of your patient base and the sheer volume of appointments? Recommend a new high-intensity LED curing light for your practice that is sure to provide major time savings and simplification of clinical procedures.

When selecting the best new curing light for your practice, recommend one that encompasses the following features:
• High optical power – 1,200 mW/cm(2) or higher
• A fast, deep cure that offers three- to five-second cures
• Low heat emission
• Simple operation and light guides appropriate for all indications
• Long battery life, such as 60 minutes of curing time
• An exterior that makes it easy to disinfect between patients
• An ergonomic shape for easy handling and a comfortable grip

With this knowledge, you can be confident recommending that effective new light, knowing high-intensity curing lights are safe, easy to use, proven with long-term research and clinical use, and highly preferred by industry-leading clinicians who have experience with them. One example of a light that fits this bill, and has been endorsed by Dr. Gordon J. Christensen, is the Elipar™ S10 LED Curing Light by 3M ESPE.

Consistently researching and suggesting new dental technology can equip dental assistants with the clinical knowledge to suggest the best tools, position themselves at the forefront of technology, and enhance the overall dental practice.