Purpose: This study determined the effect of distance on the power density from standard and Turbo light guides (DemetronKerr, Danbury, Connecticut).Materials and Methods: Power density was measured from 0 to 10 mrn away from the tip of standard 8-mm curved light guides and 13/8-mm Turbo curved light guides. To determine the effect of distance on power density, a polynomial regression line was fitted. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) statistic and the Wilcoxon rank sum (WR) tests were used to determine if there was a difference in the rate at which the power density decreased for the standard and Turbo light guides as the distance from the tip increased. Photographs of the light dispersion from each tip were also taken.Results: At 0 mm, the mean ( 2 SD) power density from the two standard light guides was 743 2
From a mechanical viewpoint, FEM simulation supports the hypothesis that splinting reduces damage evolution in bone tissue, which agrees with clinical observations.
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