Patent ID: 7094054

Claim:
A dental curing light comprising: a wand adapted to be grasped by a human hand, a wall outlet power adapter for converting AC power to DC power usable by the dental curing light, electronic control circuitry for controlling operation of the curing light, a light module, said light module including an elongate heat sink with a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end being proximate said wand, said elongate heat sink having a longitudinal axis, a mounting platform located at said elongate heat sink distal end, said mounting platform being adapted to have a light emitting semiconductor device mounted thereon, and a light emitting semiconductor device mounted on said mounting platform; wherein said mounting platform is oriented so that when a light emitting semiconductor device is mounted on it, light emitted directly forward by the light emitting semiconductor device will be emitted at an angle of from about 30 degrees to about 150 degrees to said elongate heat sink longitudinal axis.