“…However, the need to introduce the material into the test system freshly mixed, and for it then to set under conditions similar to those pertaining clinically, presents a major problem. The majority of in vitro studies previously reported used either prepared specimens of the set material (Ochi, 1964;Rappaport et al, 1964;Keresztesi & Kellner, 1966;Sisca et al, 1967;Kawahara, Yamagami & Nakamura, 1968;, 1973Leirskar, 1974a, b;, and thereby its most toxic state was not studied, or added the freshly mixed material into the culture medium thereby affecting its normal setting process (Engstrom & Spangberg, 1967a;Spangberg, 1969a). Although these methods have contributed to the study of some aspects of dental material cytotoxicity', they cannot substitute for in vivo methods.…”