CPC A61C 9/0026 (2013.01) [A61C 9/0033 (2013.01); A61C 19/004 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of dispensing a dental material prepared from a dental composition, comprising the steps of:
providing a device for dispensing the dental material, the device including a receptacle for receiving the dental composition;
the device having cure control comprising a light source and an internal flow path on which the dental composition and/or the dental material flows past the light emitted from the source during dispensation;
using the device for urging the dental composition and/or the dental material toward a dispensing opening, the flow path disposed upstream from the opening;
dispensing from the device a coherent strand of dental material in a dispensing cycle; and
within the dispensing cycle: operating the device in a first dispensing mode in which the device dispenses a dental retraction material and additionally in a second dispensing mode in which the device dispenses a flowable dental impression material;
exposing the dental composition and/or the dental material to a specific energy by control of the light source and/or by control of the speed of the flow of the dental composition and/or the dental material on the flow path;
wherein the specific energy is quantified by the energy intensity the dental composition and/or the dental material is exposed to relative to the flow speed; and
wherein the ratio between the specific energy in the second dispensing mode and the specific energy in the first dispensing mode is smaller than 1.
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