Glass-ionomer cement: chemistry and its applications in dentistry

Autor: Saroash Shahid, Tomas Duminis
Rok vydání: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102476-8.00008-6
Popis: It has been almost 50 years since the first glass-ionomer cements (GICs), now officially termed as “glass polyalkenoate cements,” were introduced into the dental world. In recent years this material has undergone further development, resulting in the availability of a range of materials which undergo setting or “curing” via different proportions of acid–base and free-radical reactions. This chapter discusses in detail what GICs are and what are the recent developments in this material.
Databáze: OpenAIRE