Research Article

Evaluation of Surface Microhardness and Abrasion Resistance of Two Dental Glass Ionomer Cement Materials after Radiant Heat Treatment

Table 2

Mean values and standard deviations of surface hardness (VHN) of the experimental groups of the study 24 h after preparation of the specimens. The same uppercase superscripts in columns indicate no significant differences between materials (). The same lowercase superscripts indicate no significant differences between treatments ().

MaterialControlRadiant heat% increase

Ketac Fil Plus Aplicap37.8%
IonoStar Molar19.7%