“…As previously mentioned, a study on the impact of 1–3% pure nano- or micro-silica on the microhardness of Fuji II ® (GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), a conventional GIC, was found to improve Knoop hardness values at 24 h. No other reports on the effect of pure nano- or micro-silica on the microhardness of conventional GICs could be found, for comparison, in the current scientific literature. However, other metal and metal oxide INPs (e.g., Ag, MgSiO 4 , TiO 2 , Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 OH) are reported to enhance microhardness [ 15 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], whilst some (e.g., Ag, nanoclay) are indicated to have no effect [ 17 , 52 ], and others (e.g., BaSO 4 , YbF 3 , TiO 2 , ZnO, Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 OH) are noted to diminish this property [ 9 , 42 , 43 , 48 , 53 , 54 ]. As with setting time, discrepancies exist between the reported impact on microhardness of certain INPs (e.g., Ag, Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 OH, TiO 2 ) that, in all probability, derive from the surface properties, reactivity and concentration of the INPs; the formulation of the GICs; and the highly variable, non-standardized experimental parameters that have been employed to determine this property.…”