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Table 4 Micro-tensile bond strength values (MPa) (means ± standard deviations) and statistical analysis of all experimental groups

From: A comparative study of the microtensile bond strength and microstructural differences between sclerotic and Normal dentine after surface pretreatment

Groups

Pretreatment

M1

M2

M3

M4

M5

M6

M7

M8

ND

11.94 ± 0.99a

15.82 ± 1.44b

12.95 ± 1.38a

12.23 ± 1.03a

13.40 ± 0.90a

12.13 ± 1.03a

16.88 ± 1.85b

16.42 ± 0.70b

SD

11.14 ± 0.71a

14.71 ± 0.57b

11.04 ± 0.93a

14.38 ± 0.91b

13.65 ± 0.62c

12.92 ± 0.63d

19.01 ± 2.55e

19.80 ± 1.42e

P value

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

< 0.05

  1. Note: M1-M8 represent different pretreatments, as shown in Table 2. ND normal dentine; SD sclerotic dentine. n = 10 for each group. The data are presented as the mean ± SD in MPa. The data with different superscript lowercase letters are significantly different. (P < 0.05)