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Table 5 Ra change values (percentages) in different solutions according to two different surface treatments of ceramics

From: Influence of acidic solutions on surface roughness of polished and glazed CAD-CAM restorative materials

Materials

Solutions

Surface treatments

n

Mean

Median

Min

Max

SE

P value

LDS

Citric acid

Mechanical Polishing

7

12.42

24.69

-32.51

59.81

36.64

0.097

Glazing

7

63.94

56.77

-37.87

189.13

67.04

Cola-cola

Mechanical Polishing

7

-1.18

-1.06

-29.44

49.45

25.65

0.165

Glazing

7

19.44

30.95

-36.33

45.97

28.77

Artificial saliva

Mechanical Polishing

7

54.21

53.37

-48.81

160.77

73.50

0.383

Glazing

7

26.04

20.74

-12.40

87.12

30.56

RNC-C

Citric acid

Mechanical Polishing

7

29.09

12.32

-19.21

93.44

43.21

0.209

Glazing

7

79.54

46.67

-2.67

286.61

99.84

Cola-cola

Mechanical Polishing

7

42.39

30.67

-2.67

88.39

32.32

0.71

Glazing

7

73.93

71.53

-50.60

202.40

91.06

Artificial saliva

Mechanical Polishing

7

12.54

13.95

-38.44

81.03

41.14

0.165

Glazing

7

163.67

81.16

-30.66

649.82

234.86

PIC

Citric acid

Mechanical Polishing

7

15.19

6.02

-1.76

52.00

18.51

0.073

Glazing

7

94.41

82.06

1.53

260.54

89.99

Cola-cola

Mechanical Polishing

7

21.73

14.34

7.65

46.88

14.75

0.002*

Glazing

7

225.43

277.65

31.14

401.57

150.17

Artificial saliva

Mechanical Polishing

7

13.89

7.37

-3.55

55.79

20.21

0.71

 

Glazing

7

91.12

79.20

-34.82

390.67

149.41

RNC-L

Citric acid

Mechanical Polishing

7

38.10

28.44

-11.11

119.54

48.84

0.902

Glazing

7

35.11

6.84

-34.65

197.55

76.38

Cola-cola

Mechanical Polishing

7

44.23

46.85

-8.78

93.68

34.07

0.165

Glazing

7

105.80

105.00

-24.36

325.61

111.08

Artificial saliva

Mechanical Polishing

7

36.23

31.41

-12.67

103.07

40.17

0.026*

 

Glazing

7

111.88

116.13

14.86

195.93

59.13

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