Research Article

Effects of Curing Mode on the Bond Strength of Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Cements

Table 3

Shear bond strengths of various groups (MPa).

CodesRLNR
Light curedChemically curedLight curedChemically cured

E13.26 ± 3.62a9.33 ± 1.62a15.81 ± 3.60c14.30 ± 1.17c
D10.81 ± 2.769.87 ± 2.019.42 ± 1.179.35 ± 1.25
M7.87 ± 2.60b6.12 ± 1.45b12.00 ± 2.76d7.26 ± 2.01d
C9.62 ± 2.278.50 ± 2.927.09 ± 1.416.02 ± 2.21

a, b, c, d, P.