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Table 2 L*, a*, b* values of the different treatment factors in respect to time

From: Laboratory evaluation of the potential masking of color changes produced by silver diamine fluoride in primary molars

 

SDF (Group A)

SDF + KI (Group B)

SDF + CMP (Group C)

SDF + GI (Group D)

 

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

L*

45.9 (8.7)

30 (3.3)

24.3 (2.9)

43 (3.8)

54.7 (6)

41.6 (4.3)

41 (6.1)

69 (7.4)

48.3 (5.3)

40 (8.4)

62.3 (7.4)

35.3 (5.8)

a*

3.6 (1.5)

2.6 (1.1)

1 (0.4)

3.2 (1.3)

− 0.7 (1.2)

− 0.6 (0.4)

3.6 (1.5)

− 0.7 (0.4)

1.6 (0.6)

2.7 (1.9)

1.8 (0.8)

1.3 (1)

b*

10.9 (4.6)

5.5 (2.2)

2.2 (0.9)

9 (2.9)

14.6 (3.5)

6.5 (2.2)

7.5 (1.6)

4.8 (2.6)

12.4 (2.9)

7.3 (1.1)

9.7 (1.7)

4.8 (2.4)

  1. Mean values and (standard deviations) of L*, a*, and b* in different readings (T0, T1, T2)
  2. L*: direction of color change of the white/black scale
  3. a*: direction of color change of the red/green scale
  4. b*: direction of color change of the blue/yellow scale
  5. T0: reading at baseline
  6. T1: reading directly after application of tested materials
  7. T2: reading after aging