Table 2 Compressive strength (CS) and compressive modulus (CM) for the GIC-RMGICs after 1 and 30 days, shown as mean (SD), n = 8.

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

Groups

CS [MPa] 1 day

CS[MPa] 30 days

CM [GPa] 1 day

CM[GPa] 30 days

F9E (C)

205.2 (14.6)*a

181.9 (13.3)*^d

8.6 (0.3)*gi

8.8 (0.9)ln

F9E (H)

153.8 (11.2)b

141.8 (7.4)e^

5.0 (0.9)h

7.9 (0.6)^mn

KFPA (C)

193.1 (10.8)*a

210.1 (14.9)*^f

9.7 (0.5)*g

10.1 (0.5)l

KFP (H)

165.1 (13.7)b

171.1 (12.3)d

7.7 (0.7)ij

9.4 (0.5)^ln

F2LC (C)

169.8 (8.9)*b

181.9 (8.7)*^d

4.4 (0.2)*hk

5.8 (1.4)^*o

F2LC (H)

108.1 (12.6)c

125.8 (17.6)^e

2.4 (0.3)

2.7 (0.6)

GC

110.0 (6.4)c

134.6 (6.4)^e

3.6 (0.7)k

7.0 (0.6)^mo

EF

216.4 (18.1)a

186.6 (11.7)^df

7.1 (0.8)j

9.0 (0.7)^l

  1. (*) significant difference between capsulated and hand-mixed GICs. (^) significant difference within each group after short-term ageing in artificial saliva (t-test, p < 0.05). Similar letters in columns indicate no significant differences among GICs (Games-Howell test post-hoc tests, an alpha level of 0.05).