“…Conventional glass ionomer cement (GIC) was susceptible to hydrolytic degradation (Yilmaz, Simsek, Dalmis, Gurbuz, & Kocogullari, 2006). Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC), which is also considered as a self-adhesive material/cement, has been developed by adding resin components to GIC to overcome the problem of moisture sensitivity, and offers the benefit of both resins and GIC like fluoride release and greater strength (Kapoor, Prabhu, & Balakrishnan, 2017;Pathak, Shashibhushan, Poornima, & Reddy, 2016;Rosenstiel, Land, & Crispin, 1998). In RMGIC, the resin component was thought to act as a reinforcing agent, resulting in the combination of micromechanical interlocking and chemical adhesion (Sekhar, Anil, Thomas, & Ginjupalli, 2017;Somani, Jaidka, Singh, & Sibal, 2016).…”