GLASSY FUNCTIONAL FILLERS OF GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS IN THE SrO–Al2O3–P2O5–SiO2–F SYSTEM

Abstract

Based on glass in the SrO–Al2O3–P2O5–SiO2–F system, functional glass fillers for glass ionomer cements containing up to 13 wt. % fluorine were obtained. The high level of radiopacity of the filling material is due to the presence of the absorbing component of the glass filler - oxide and strontium fluoride, which are introduced into the glass together. The use of fusible fluorine-containing raw materials makes it possible to reduce the glass transition temperatures, which opens up prospects for the industrial development of the developed compositions at melting temperatures below 1500 °C. The value of the refractive index of glasses with a high fluorine content nD ~ 1.50 is more in line with the refractive index of the polymer matrix of glass ionomer cement, which ensures high aesthetic characteristics of the filling material. Samples of transparent filling glass ionomer cement with high compressive strength > 100 MPa and hardening time of 5 min were obtained.