Evaluation of Surface Microhardness and Abrasion Resistance of Two Dental Glass Ionomer Cement Materials after Radiant Heat Treatment

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Material</td><td class="align_center">Category</td><td class="align_center">Manufacturer</td><td class="align_center">Shade</td><td class="align_center">Composition</td><td class="align_center">Lot number</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ketac Fil Plus Aplicap</td><td class="align_center">Conventional GIC<br/>(capsules)</td><td class="align_center">3M ESPE,<br/>Seefeld, Germany</td><td class="align_center">A2</td><td class="align_center"><i>Powder</i>: codium-strontium-aluminum-lanthanum-fluorophosphosilicate glass and pigments<br/><i>Liquid</i>: water, copolymer of acrylic acid-maleic acid, tartaric acid</td><td class="align_center">573761</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">IonoStar Molar</td><td class="align_center">Conventional GIC (capsules)</td><td class="align_center">Voco GmbH, Cuxhaven, Germany</td><td class="align_center">A2</td><td class="align_center"><i>Powder</i>: fluoroaluminosilicate glass<br/><i>Liquid</i>: 25–50% polyacrylic acid, tartaric acid</td><td class="align_center">1616614</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The technical characteristics of the tested glass ionomer cements.

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

tab1

Table 1

Table 1: Evaluation of Surface Microhardness and Abrasion Resistance of Two Dental Glass Ionomer Cement Materials after Radiant Heat Treatment 