Tensile strength of conventional glass ionomer cement and silver reinforced glass ionomer cement

TL;DR

This study compares the strength of regular and silver-reinforced glass ionomer cements, finding that the silver-reinforced version is significantly stronger.

Contribution

The novelty lies in demonstrating that silver reinforcement significantly improves the mechanical properties of glass ionomer cement.

Findings

Silver-reinforced GIC showed significantly higher compressive strength than conventional GIC.

Diametral tensile strength was also notably higher in the silver-reinforced variant.

The results suggest silver-reinforced GIC is a viable alternative to conventional GIC.

Abstract

A comparative analysis and assessment of the compressive strength (CS) and diametral tensile strength (DTS) between conventional glass ionomer cement (C-GIC)
and a silver-reinforced GIC (S-GIC) variant is of interest. Ten specimens of both C-GIC (GC Fuji II, Japan) and S-GIC (Riva Silver, SDI, Australia) were fabricated
for the evaluation of compressive strength, and an identical number of samples were created for the examination of tensile strength. These specimens were then
tested using a universal testing apparatus. The results exhibited that both the compressive and diametral tensile strengths were significantly greater for the
S-GIC cement in comparison to the C-GIC, with a notable p-value of 0.001. The findings suggest that S-GIC may be considered a viable alternative to conventional
GIC.