title: Water transport in resin-modified glass-ionomer dental cement.
abstract: Water uptake and water loss have been studied in a commercial resin-modified glass-ionomer cement, Fuji II LC, under a variety of conditions. Uptake was generally non-Fickian, but affected by temperature. At room temperature, the equilibrium water uptake values varied from 2.47 to 2.78% whereas at low temperature (12 degrees C), it varied from 0.85 to 1.18%. Cure time affected uptake values significantly. Water uptake was much lower than in conventional glass-ionomer restorative cements exposed to water vapor. Loss of water under desiccating conditions was found to be Fickian for the first 5 h loss at both 22 and 12 degrees C. Diffusion coefficients were between 0.45 and 0.76 x 10( -7) cm(2)/s, with low temperature diffusion coefficients slightly greater than those at room temperature. Plotting water loss as percentage versus s(-(1/2)) allowed activation energies to be determined from the Arrhenius equation and these were found to be 65.6, 79.8, and 7.7 kJ/mol respectively for 30, 20, and 10 s cure times. The overall conclusion is that the main advantage of incorporating HEMA into resin-modified-glass-ionomers is to alter water loss behavior. Rate of water loss and total amount lost are both reduced. Hence, resin-modified glass-ionomers are less sensitive to water loss than conventional glass-ionomers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, IUT Bethune, University of Artois 1230 rue de l'Université, 62408 Bethune, France.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Percq
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C079765:Fuji II LC cement; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D014867:Water