General structure and properties Glass-ionomer cements were developed by Wilson and McLean at the Laboratory of the Government Chemist in England in 196527. They were a logical addition to the family of water-based dental cements, comprising silicate cement, zinc phosphate cement and zinc polycarboxylate cement. Since their commercial introduction, they are now available in essentially two type...

Thermoplastic elastomers based on polyesters/carbonates have the potential to maximize recyclability, degradability and renewable resource use. However, they often underperform suffer from familiar trade-off between strength extensibility. Herein, we report well-defined reprocessable poly(ester-b-carbonate-b-ester) with impressive tensile strengths (60 MPa), elasticity (>800 %) recovery (95 %)....

PURPOSE To quantify the internal free surface in various resin cements and glass-ionomer-based materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials tested were Nexus fluid (NXF) and viscous (NXV), Vitremer (VTM), Fuji II LC (FII), Vitremer Luting Cement (VLC), Dyract (DYR) and Compoglass (COM). Samples (n=5) were made of each material between two microscopic glass slides under same weight. With a trans...