Title

Comparative evaluation of compressive strength among different glass ionomer cements

Authors

Puja Chavan¹, Yash Rajendra Shaha²*, Suyash Pratap Singh³, Supriya Makam⁴, Ashwini Komalan⁵, Arti Gachake⁶, Mrunal Dave⁷ & Pratik Surana⁸

Affiliation

¹Consultant Endodontist, The Dental Corner, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; ²Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Tatyasaheb Kore Dental College and Research Centre, New Pargaon, Maharashtra, India; ³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁵Department of Prosthodontics, Rural Dental College, PIMS, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India; ⁶Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India; ⁷Department of Aesthetic Dentistry, Bethlehem Smile Design, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA; ⁸Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Puja Chavan - E-mail: chavanpuja1996@gmail.com; Phone: +91 95273 95126
Yash Rajendra Shaha - E-mail: dryashshaha@gmail.com; Phone: +91 915361210
Suyash Pratap Singh - E-mail: suyash421@gmail.com; Phone: + 91 9259079159
M Supriya - E-mail: drsupriyamakam@gmail.com; Phone: +91 78991 19936
Ashwini Komalan - E-mail: dr.ashwinikomalan4@gmail.com; Phone: + 91 9623728903
Arti Gachake - E-mail: arti.gachake@bharatividyapeeth.edu; Phone: + 9890214244
Mrunal Dave - E-mail: mrunal303@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9177718392
Pratik Surana - E-mail: suranadrpratik@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8871310111

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

The relatively low compressive strength of conventional glass ionomer cements limits their use in stress-bearing areas, necessitating evaluation of newer reinforced variant. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate compressive strength of different types of glass ionomer cements (GIC): conventional GIC (Group A), Zirconomer (Group B) and Amalgomer CR (Group C). Each group consisted of 12 specimens formed in plastic straws with 4mm X 6mm dimension. Compressive strength was assessed using a universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 1 mm/min. Result showed that Zirconomer exhibited the highest compressive strength, indicating its superior performance compared to the other materials.

Keywords

Glass ionomer cement, amalgomer CR, zirconomer, compressive strength

Citation

Chavan et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4625-4628 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.