Open AccessMarginal microleakage of glass ionomer cement with two different cavity conditioners on primary anterior teeth – An In Vitro study
Author(s) -
Surej Unnikrishnan,
Navin Hadadi Krishnamurthy,
C Nagarathna
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_695_17
Subject(s) - glass ionomer cement , stereo microscope , dentistry , polyacrylic acid , anterior teeth , materials science , medicine , composite material , polymer
Glass ionomer cements (GICs) are the most commonly used restorative material in pediatric dentistry. They have numerous advantages; however, they show some marginal microleakage at the restoration-tooth interface. Various conditioning agents have been tested for alteration or dissolution of smear layer which has been attributed to the occurrence of microleakage; however, very limited studies have been done using primary teeth.