Antibacterial Properties of Dental Luting Agents: Potential to Hinder the Development of Secondary Caries

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Contents, type, supplier, P/L ratio, and possibility of fluoride release of the dental cements investigated.

	Powder	Liquid	Type	Supplier	P/L ratio	Fluoride release
RelyX Unicem	Glass powder, initiator, silica, substituted pyrimidine, calcium hydroxide, peroxy compound, pigment	Methacrylated phosphoric ester, dimethacrylate, acetate, stabilizer, initiator	Resin cement, self-etching	3 M ESPE (Seefeld, Germany)	In capsules	Yes
Ketac Cem Aplicap	Glass powder, pigments	Polycarboxylic acid, tartaric acid, water, conservation agents	Glass ionomer, acid-base reacting	3 M ESPE (Seefeld, Germany)	In capsules	Yes
Harvard zinc phosphate cement	Zinc oxide, magnesium oxide	o-phosphoric acid	Zinc phosphate, acid-base reacting	Harvard Dental International GmbH (Hoppegarten, Germany)	3/2	No
Ceramir Crown & Bridge	Calcium aluminate, strontium fluoride, polyacrylic acid, tartaric acid, strontium aluminofluoride glass	Water, accelerators	Bioceramic, acid-base reacting	Doxa AB (Uppsala, Sweden)	3.2/1	Yes
Calcium aluminate cement reference material	Calcium aluminate	Water, accelerators	Bioceramic, acid-base reacting	Doxa AB (Uppsala, Sweden)	2.5/1	No
Glass ionomer cement reference material	Poly acrylic acid, tartaric acid, strontium aluminofluoride glass, strontium fluoride	Water	Glass ionomer, acid-base reacting	Doxa AB (Uppsala, Sweden)	3.2/1	Yes