Cements Flashcards
What cements have an ACID-BASE setting mechanism?
zinc phosphate, polycarboxylate, glass ionomer
What cement has both an ACID-BASE and POLYMERIZATION setting mechanism?
RMGI
What cements have a POLYMERIZATION setting mechanism?
Resin based & Self-adhesive resin based
Put in order of least to greatest amount of film thickness for the following cements and include values:
- zinc phosphate
- polycarboxylate
- glass ionomer
- RMGI
- Resin-based
- self adhesion resin based
Least:
Glass ionomer: (13.5)
Polycarboxylate: (19)
RMGI (23.1)
Self-adhesion resin based (less than 25)
Zinc phosphate (25.3)
Resin based: 29.6
Greatest:
Which cement has the greatest film thickness?
Resin based
Which cement has the least amount of film thickness?
Glass ionomer
Which cements have working times of up to 5 minutes?
Zinc phosphate (1.5-5)
Resin based (0.5-5)
Self-adhesion resin based (0.5-5)
Which cements have a setting time of 1-15 minutes?
resin based and self-adhesive resin based
What cement has a setting time of 2 minutes?
RMGI
What cements have a setting time of 6-9 min?
Polycarboxylate and Glass ionomer
What cement has the GREATEST compressive strength?
Self-adhesive resin based 200-240
What cement has the LOWEST maximum compressive strength
Polycarboxylate 67-91
What cement has the ability to have the lowest compressive strength? (first number)
RMGI (41-141)
What cement has the LOWEST tensile strength?
Zinc phosphate (3.1-4.5)
What cement has the highest tensile strength?
Self- adhesive (37-41)
What cement has the greatest tensile strength, compressive strength and elastic modulus?
Self-adhesive
Describe the pulp irritation caused by the following cements:
- glass ionomer
- RMGI
- Resin based
- Self-adhesive resin based
HIGH
Describe the pulp irritation caused by the following cements:
Zinc phosphate
Moderate
Describe the pulp irritation caused by the following cements:
Polycarboxylate:
Low
What cement would you use on someone with an already irritated pulp?
Polycarboxylate
What cements have High solubility?
Zinc phosphate & polycarboxylate
What cements have VERY LOW solubility:
RMGI, Resin-based and self- adhesive resin based
What cements have LOW solubility?
Glass ionomer
What cements have a high rate of microleakage?
Zinc phosphate
Polycarboxylate (high to very high)
What cement has a low to very high micro leakage rate (a large range)?
Glass ionomer
What cements have VERY LOW micro leakage rates?
RMGI
Resin Based
Self-adhesive resin based
Describe the removal of excess cement on the following:
- zinc phosphate
- poly carboxylate
- glass ionomer
- RMGI
- Resin based
- Self-adhesive resin based
- zinc phosphate- easy
- poly carboxylate- medium
- glass ionomer- medium
- RMGI- medium
- Resin based- difficult
- Self-adhesive resin based- difficult
What cements have the highest retention?
Resin based and self- adhesive resin based
What cements have moderate retention?
Zinc phosphate & RMGI
What cement has moderate to high retention?
Glass ionomer
What cement has low to moderate retention?
Polycarboxylate
What cements display micromechanical bonding to tooth structure?
Resin based and self adhesive resin based
How does RMGI bond to the tooth?
molecular and micro mechanical
which cements display molecular only bonding to tooth surface?
Polycarboxylate and glass ionomer
Zinc phosphate bonds to the tooth through:
Nonadhesive
Which cements release fluoride?
glass ionomer and RMGI
What are the ABSOLUTE NEEDS of cements:
- biocompatability
- inert and non-corrosive
- insolubility to acid attack
- dimension stability (minimal shrinkage and minimal expansion)
What are the NEEDS of cements?
- set up quickly
- low surface tension
- adapts and adheres to anatomy
- insensitive to moisture during procedure
- fluoride release
- anti-microbial
- radiopaque
- cost effective
What are the WANTS of cements?
- low film thickness (can be spread to less than 15 micrometers)
- adequate strength
- low solubility
- reasonable setting time
- adequate working time
- cariostatic
- adhesion to tooth structure and restorative material
- high values for cyclic fatigue
- high values for thermal cycling
- high values for strength