June 19, 2009
Based on research founded by a NSERC Discovery Grant and the Faculty of Dentistry Research Fund, MARC (Measurement of Accuracy when Resin Curing) has been developed to demonstrate to a dental professional, in real-time, if their curing light delivers enough (or too much) light energy to properly harden (cure) the fillings in their patients’ teeth. Dr. Richard Price (Department of Clinical Dental Sciences) at Dalhousie University has created a dental head simulator that contains sensors embedded in selected teeth to measure the amount of light received when a resin is being cured. Dr. Price and Christopher Felix demonstrated MARC at the 2009 NSDA meeting in Antigonish where dentists had the opportunity to compare the performance of several curing lights.
Currently, there are no comparable technologies in this field. MARC fills a niche that has been missing in dental curing light manufacturing development laboratories. Working with the Dalhousie Industry Liason Innovation, Dr.Price has a patent pending on this technology and has plans to commercialize MARC.
For more information contact MARC@dal.ca