RESUMO
To carry out clinical comparison of glass ionomer with amalgam in restoring primary dentition of deciduous teeth. Design: An innovative and observational study carried out on pediatric patients. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi. Subjects and Two hundred pediatric patients were randomly selected for the study. Each patient received one restoration of the glass ionomer and one of the amalgams regardless of the position occupied by the tooth in the jaw. After one-year review, results indicated that glass ionomer was viable, required less time in restoration, atraumatic and satisfactory alternate filling material to amalgam for restoring primary molars. The glass ionomer is a satisfactory alternate for predictable restoration of primary molar in pediatric patients, especially in compromised teeth with different grades of decay