PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polymerization apparatus for dental technology capable of carrying out effective polymerization with a reduced number of LED light sources to be used.SOLUTION: The polymerization apparatus 10 for dental technology, which cures a light curing material to be used for a dental prosthesis 1, comprises a housing 11 a partition wall 13 disposed in the housing so as to form a polymerization space A where polymerization is carried out a rotating table 14, which is arranged on a lower side of the polymerization space and on which the dental prosthesis is disposed directly or via other members and a plurality of LED light sources 15b, 15c which irradiate a light for the curing to a polymerization region B, which is formed on the upper side of the rotating table and where the dental prosthesis can be disposed, wherein at least one 15c of the plurality of LED light sources is disposed such that a light axis thereof is inclined obliquely upward to be directed toward the polymerization region.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】用いられるLED光源の数量を少なく抑制して効率的な重合を可能とする歯科技工用重合装置を提供する。【解決手段】歯科補綴物1に用いられる光硬化性材料を硬化させる歯科技工用重合装置10であって、筐体11と、筐体内に、重合が行われる重合空間Aを形成するように配置される仕切り壁13と、重合空間の下部に設けられ、歯科補綴物を直接又は他の部材を介して配置する回転可能な回転台14と、回転台の上方に形成される歯科補綴物を配置可能な領域である重合領域Bに対して硬化のための光を照射する複数のLED光源15b、15cと、を備え、複数のLED光源のうち少なくとも1つ15cは、その光軸が斜め上方に傾斜するように重合領域に向けられて配置されている。【選択図】図1
