Evaluating the efficacy of resin modified glass ionomer cement versus conventional glass ionomer cement in terms of success rate: A clinical assessment exploring the best in between

Aim: to evaluate the success rate of the two types of glass ionomer restorative materials i.e.,conventional glass ionomer cements (gic) and resin modified glass ionomer cements (rmgic) methods: the study was conducted at nishtar institute of dentistry multan. total number of 113 patients got the restorations.53 received rmgi and 60 got gic. all the patients were having the age between 25-35 years. class i cavity in the molars of lower arch was restored. success ratio was scored according the evaluation with 8 levels of score that is used for gic evaluation. the data was then entered in the record. the conduction period was from 1st of january 2016 to 1st of june 2016.the final evaluation was done after the five months. the tabulated data was entered using chi square test. results: the chi square statistic value obtained with degree of freedom 1 (df) is 5.6689. the null hypothesis was rejected that says that there is no difference among the categories of materials applied. the result is significant at p<0.05. conclusion: rmgi has better retention and efficacy as compared to conventional gic in the mandibular molars.