Table 1 Capsulated (C) and manually -mixed (H) glass-ionomer cements (GICs) tested including the manufacturers’ details, composition and powder/liquid ratios.

From: An in vitro assessment of the physical properties of manually- mixed and encapsulated glass-ionomer cements

Materials

Manufacturers

Code

Composition

P/L ratio

Fuji IX GP Extra

GC Corp., Japan

F9E (C),

CAFS-glass, PAA

0.4/0.12

Fuji IX GP Extra

GC Corp., Japan

F9E (H)

CAFS-glass, PAA

0.34/0.1

KetacTM Fill Plus AplicapTM

3M Germany

KFPA (C)

CAFS-glass, PAMA 35–55%, TA 5–10%

0.36/0.1

KetacTM Fill Plus

3M, Germany

KFP (H)

CAFS-glass, PAMA 35–55%, TA 5–10%

0.32/0.1

Fuji II LC

GC Corp., Japan

F2LC (C)

CAFS-glass, PCA 5–10%, HEMA 25–50%, UDMA 1–5%, initiators, pigments

0.33/0.1

Fuji II LC

GC Corp., Japan

F2LC (H)

CAFS-glass, PCA 5–10%, HEMA 25–50%, UDMA 1–5%, initiators, pigments

0.32/0.1

Glass Carbomer Cement

GCP, The Netherlands

GC (C)

CAFS- glass 90% Apatite < 6%, Polyacids < 4%

–

Equia® Forte Fil

GC Corp., Japan

EF (C)

CAFS-glass, ultra-fine reactive glass, PAA

0.4/0.13

  1. CAFS-glass calcium aluminofluorosilicate glass, PAA poly acrylic acid, PAMA copolymer of acrylic and maleic acid, TA tartaric acid, PCA polybasic carboxylic acid, HEMA 2- hydroxyethyl methacrylate, UDMA urethane dimethacrylate.
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