title: Glass-ionomer cements--clinical usage and experience: 2.
abstract: Glass-ionomer cements have unique and varied properties: they are tough, translucent, biologically inert, resistant to degradation in the mouth, adhesive to tooth structure and they inhibit caries. In a number of ways they are probably the one substance available today that most approaches the ideal restorative material. In Part 1 of this two-part article the authors reviewed the physical and clinical properties of glass-ionomer cements, here they go on to describe their use in practical and sometimes novel restorative procedures.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003738:Dental Cements; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006801:Humans; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000628:therapy; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants