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Where and how are Brazilian dental students using Glass Ionomer Cement? Abstract: Glass Ionomer Cements (GICs) have a wide range of uses in Dentistry, and the manipulation technique used can influence the results obtained. This study aimed at assessing the knowledge held by Dental School students from a city in Southern Brazil regarding the use of GIC, and the clinical technique chosen for its use and its applications. A struc-tured questionnaire was applied to 60 advanced dental students. Descrip-tive statistics was used to analyze the quantitative data. All students had already used the material. Regarding the purpose for which the mate-rial was used, all students (100%) had used it as a dental cavity liner, 83.3 % had used it as a temporary restorative material after endodontic treatment, and 73.3 % had used it as a permanent restoration in primary teeth. Regarding the clinical technique used, 86.7 % said that they insert the material while it still has a shiny surface, 33 % said that they finis