Research Article

Fluoride Release of Fresh and Aged Glass Ionomer Cements after Recharging with High-Fluoride Dentifrice

Table 3

Mean (±SD) of F (μg F/ml) release from fresh and aged restorative materials before and after the first day (day 1) of treatment with F-dentifrices (n = 5).

Experimental conditionsMaterials
Composite resinResin-modified GICConventional GICHigh-viscosity GIC

Before F treatments (fresh)0.08 (0.07) A15.88 (4.36) B8.83 (1.31) C7.35 (1.58) C

After F0 μg F/g0.50 (0.39) A.a4.00 (0.84) B.a2.70 (0.83) BC.a2.18 (0.42) C.a
treatments1.100 μg F/g7.76 (0.70) A.b18.35 (4.76) B.b8.69 (1.41) A.b8.31 (1.16) A.b
(fresh)5.000 μg F/g18.71 (4.02) A.c31.05 (3.35) B.c29.98 (6.11) B.c28.40 (9.40) AB.c

After F0 μg F/g0.42 (0.26) A.a3.65 (0.58) B.a2.90 (1.28) B.a3.42 (0.34) B.a
treatments1.100 μg F/g0.78 (0.17) A.a6.62 (1.20) B.a4.66 (0.62) C.a4.85 (1.02) C.b
(aged)5.000 μg F/g4.45 (2.56) A.b12.06 (4.53) B.b10.29 (3.12) B.b6.04 (0.94) A.b

Different uppercase letters indicate significant difference in rows and different lowercase letters indicate significant difference in columns in each experimental condition (). indicates difference between before and after F treatments of fresh materials (). indicates difference between fresh and aged materials after each F treatments ().