Biocompatibility and Surface Characteristics of Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Cements with Ammonium Quaternary Compounds or Silver Nanoparticles: An In Vitro Study

Table 6

Mean Vickers microhardness and surface for GC Fuji PLUS modifications.

Groups	VHN	Ra (μm)
GC Fuji PLUS	31.29 ± 1.24	24.21 ± 1.25
GC Fuji PLUS + hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide 1%	34.11 ± 1.74	14.07 ± 1.50
GC Fuji PLUS + hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide 2%	32.51 ± 1.89	20.49 ± 1.35
GC Fuji PLUS + benzalkonium chloride 1%	28.32 ± 1.72	28.31 ± 1.45
GC Fuji PLUS + benzalkonium chloride 2%	24.25 ± 1.78	24.07 ± 1.37
GC Fuji PLUS + cetylpyridinium chloride 1%	24.10 ± 1.58	24.18 ± 1.59
GC Fuji PLUS + cetylpyridinium chloride 2%	23.34 ± 1.73	22.53 ± 1.75
GC Fuji PLUS + silver nanoparticles 1%	47.23 ± 1.84	20.22 ± 1.09
GC Fuji PLUS + silver nanoparticles 2%	36.30 ± 1.87	17.58 ± 1.58

SD: standard deviation; VHN: Vickers microhardness number; Ra: surface roughness. Statistically significant differences between GC Fuji PLUS and the experimental group.