Abstract

Glass ionomer cements (GIC) originated in the mid-twentieth century with the rising demand for dental materials to be biocompatible and cost-effective. Due to their unique ability to bond to tooth structure, coupled with their fluoride-releasing potential, GIC are widely used in pediatric dentistry. However, the curing kinetics of these materials are not extensively documented. In this study, we show that dynamic laser speckle is an efficient method for monitoring the acid-base reaction that occurs during the self-setting of conventional GIC. Plotted temporal correlation curves, showing the degree of similarity between several recorded speckle patterns, indicate that the GIC kinetics reaction slows down during the curing phenomenon. Furthermore, the numerical fit of the temporal correlation curves with a Lorentzian profile gives the characteristic times of the reaction and reveals two phases during GIC hardening.

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