Dental Materials: Condensable metal-reinforced glass ionomer cements in primary molars

Condensable glass ionomer cements with metal additions such as Hi-Dense provide favourable handling characteristics in children with low compliance. Newer generation glass ionomers with higher viscosity like Hi-Dense show the same disadvantages regarding flexural strength as their predecessors with lower viscosity such as Ketac Silver. Independent of the stage of development it can be stated that non-resin-modified glass ionomers perform unsatisfactorily in Class II restorations of primary molars. Condensable glass ionomer cements with metal additions such as Hi-Dense provide favourable handling characteristics in children with low compliance. Newer generation glass ionomers with higher viscosity like Hi-Dense show the same disadvantages regarding flexural strength as their predecessors with lower viscosity such as Ketac Silver. Independent of the stage of development it can be stated that non-resin-modified glass ionomers perform unsatisfactorily in Class II restorations of primary molars.