The Morphological, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Glass Ionomer Modified Polylactic Acid Polymer.

Researchers mixed polylactic acid with either ground glass-ionomer cement or sodium fluoride, then tracked how the materials changed over four weeks in simulated mouth conditions. Glass-ionomer-modified samples, especially at 5% concentration, maintained better structural stability and mechanical strength than those with sodium fluoride or unfilled polymer alone.

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