Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of artificial saliva with different pH on the wearing of glass ionomer cements. We used three types of glass ionomer cements and three immersion environments. We have prepared a total of 96 samples. We used 6 artificial saliva samples for each environment. Each sample was immersed in the storage solution to a specific pH. Storage solution was changed on days 1, 7, 14 and 28. Glass ionomer cements are influenced by the storage media, showing significant changes in the case of an acidic environment (in our case, artificial saliva with different pH). As long as the material is tolerated and protected by the tooth structure, resistance to abrasion will be satisfactory. Keywords: glass ionomer cements, pH, artificial saliva, wearing