Setting time of Dental Materials : Alginate setting time, GIC, ZOE, Impression plaster and Zinc Phosphate Setting Time

The Setting time of some of the dental materials is listed in the table below.

Material	Setting time
Fast setting alginates	1-2 minutes
Normal setting alginates	2.5 - 4 minutes
Alginate (Optimal)	3-4 minutes
Impression plaster	4 minutes
Agar	5 minutes
GIC type I	4-5 minutes
GIC type II	7 minutes
Silicate Cement	3-8 minutes
ZOE cement	4 - 10 minutes
Zinc Phosphate cement	5-9 minutes
Zinc polycarboxylate cement	7-9 minutes
Type I (hard) ZOE Paste	10 minutes
Type II (soft) ZOE paste	15 minutes
Model Plaster Dental Stone or Class I stone Die stone or class II stone Dental Stone of high strength and high expansion	12 minutes