The purpose of this study was to investigate the fluoride release and solubility of glass ionomer cement associated with three pH media.
For this study, GC Fuji II discs (20.0mm in diameter x 1.5mm thick) were immersed in pH
4.0 lactic acid, pH 7.0 distilled water and pH 10.0 KOH solutions for 1,7,14 and28 days.
The amount of fluoride release from the cement into three pH media were measured by
fluoride specific ion electrode and the solubility was measured by weight Ioss of discs. The results were as follows:
1. The lower was the pH of media, the more-was the amount of release of fluoride:
2. The amount of fluoride release was increased with time lapse.
3. After 1 day, the solubility was the highest, and after 7 days that was the least.
4. The lower was the pH of media, the more was the solubility, but there was no statistical difference in solubility according to the pH change.
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