Research Article

Evaluation of the Effect of Nanographene Oxide on Microleakage of Conventional and Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer

Table 3

Mean ± SD of microleakage in RMGIC subgroups.

GroupsOcclusal mean ± SDGingival mean ± SDP-value

RMGIC (control)1.3 ± 0.67a2.1 ± 0.73a0.028
RMGIC + 1% nGO0.5 ± 0.52b0.4 ± 0.69b0.511
RMGIC + 2% nGO1.1 ± 0.56ab1.8 ± 1.03ac0.045
P-value0.0210.001

Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis test. In each column, mean values with at least the same letter were not statistically significant (Dunn’s test). RMGIC, resin-modified glass ionomer cement; nGO, nanographene oxide.