Title

Comparative evaluation of glass ionomer cement, composite resin in primary teeth restorations

Authors

Sunny Tandon^1,*, Himanshu Tomar¹, Pragya Thakur², Dipti Choksi³, Anjali Kumari¹ & Shridevi Hugar⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Pedodontics, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India; ³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India; ⁴Department of Pediatric and preventive dentistry, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sunny Tandon - E-mail: sunny14zpedo@yahoo.com; Phone: +91 9557573088
Himanshu Tomar - E-mail: himanshudr121@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9917446212
Pragya Thakur - E-mail: pragyadentisthzb@gmail.com
Dipti Choksi - E-mail: diptichoksi.fods@ddu.ac.in
Anjali Kumari - E-mail: docanjalijain@gmail.com
Shridevi Hugar - E-mail: drsridevi09@yahoo.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2026; Revised August 31, 2026; Accepted August 31, 2026, Published August 31, 2026

Abstract

Restoration of primary teeth requires materials that provide durable clinical performance while maintaining biocompatibility and ease of application. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the 90 primary teeth randomly allocated to composite resin or glass ionomer cement groups, assessing retention, marginal adaptation, surface integrity and secondary caries during the specified follow-up period. Composite resin offered advantages in esthetics and mechanical strength, whereas glass ionomer cement provided fluoride release and potential protection against secondary caries. Both restorative materials showed comparable clinical performance across the evaluated parameters during follow-up. Thus, data shows that evidence-based selection of composite resin or glass ionomer cement according to the clinical requirements of primary tooth restoration.

Keywords

Glass ionomer cement (GIC), composite resin, primary teeth, dental caries, pediatric dentistry, restorative materials

Citation

Tandon et al. Bioinformation 22(8): 4806-4810 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

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.