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15 June 2020: Laboratory Research

Discoloration of Resin Composites Induced by Coffee and Tomato Sauce and Subjected to Surface Polishing: An Study

Cendrella Assaf ABCDEFG* , Philippe Abou Samra ABDEF , Paul Nahas ABCDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.923279

Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2020; 26:e923279

Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) of color change value ΔE.

Resin compositeImmersion periodStaining solutionP-value
Distilled waterCoffeeTomato sauce
G-aenial3 Days1.499 (0.53)4.383 (1.09)* 1.430 (0.73)0.00010
30 Days2.484 (0.67)7.557 (1.91)* 4.000 (1.32)* 0.00020
45 Days2.431 (1.41)8.103 (3.63)* 5.297 (1.27)* 0.00020
60 Days2.599 (1.94)7.862 (1.03)* 5.363 (1.93)* 0.00018
75 Days2.553 (0.62)8.674 (1.93)* 7.737 (1.76)* 0.00021
Harmonize3 Days2.425 (0.28)4.845 (0.89)* 3.290 (0.69)0.00013
30 Days3.226 (0.49)5.096 (0.64)* 4.459 (1.49)* 0.00150
45 Days2.190 (0.67)5.286 (1.44)* 3.702 (2.23)0.05790
60 Days2.964 (0.94)4.874 (1.52)* 4.139 (1.85)* 0.00520
75 Days2.270 (0.87)4.764 (1.28)* 3.801 (0.85)0.00030
Filtek™ Z2503 Days3.926 (1.31)4.275 (1.34)* 3.752 (1.09)0.65540
30 Days3.827 (1.18)4.879 (1.30)* 4.558 (1.54)* 0.25500
45 Days3.905 (1.47)5.093 (1.49)* 3.558 (1.19)0.04800
60 Days3.992 (0.78)5.671 (1.50)* 4.706 (1.67)* 0.03670
75 Days4.290 (2.28)* 5.741 (2.25)* 4.197 (1.31)* 0.76200
* Indicates clinically unacceptable values (Δ ≥4).
Grouped values with the same superscript are not statistically different (

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