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 |
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