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Table 2 Measures of central dispersion regarding the changes in weight (mg) and surface roughness (µm) of specimens after the attrition wear (n = 6)

From: In vitro attrition wear resistance of four types of paste-like bulk-fill composite resins

Type

Minimum

Maximum

Mean ± SD

Z250

   

 W. diff

− 8.00

− 2.00

− 4.3333 ± 2.422

 Ra. diff

− 0.99

1.28

0.0480 ± 0.918

 Rq. diff

− 1.09

1.57

0.1493 ± 1.146

 Rz. diff

− 1.76

5.41

1.4027 ± 2.970

X-tra fila

   

 W. diff

− 7.00

− 5.00

− 6.1667 ± 0.983

 Ra. diff

− 0.17

1.85

0.6245 ± 0.726

 Rq. diff

− 0.38

1.57

0.3465 ± 0.780

 Rz. diff

− 0.51

4.88

2.1058 ± 1.763

EverXb

   

 W. diff

− 4.00

− 1.00

− 2.5000 ± 1.048

 Ra. diff

0.18

1.08

0.5190 ± 0.329

 Rq. diff

0.09

1.00

0.6010 ± 0.329

 Rz. diff

− 0.04

4.45

1.9712 ± 1.686

Filtek Bulk-Fillb

   

 W.diff

− 3.50

− 1.40

− 2.3833 ± 0.798

 Ra. diff

− 0.10

2.49

1.3623 ± 0.919

 Rq. diff

0.19

2.22

1.3958 ± 0.753

 Rz. diff

− 0.39

5.11

1.9093 ± 2.367

SonicFill 2

   

 W. diff

− 8.00

− 2.00

− 3.5000 ± 2.345

 Ra. diff

− 1.14

2.00

0.3855 ± 1.310

 Rq. diff

− 2.32

2.26

0.3223 ± 1.781

 Rz. diff

− 5.42

6.50

0.6483 ± 4.200

  1. Z250 and SonicFill 2 did not show statistically significance difference with other groups regarding weight loss. The same lowercase letter indicates lack of statistically significant difference between the two subgroups (P > 0.05). W: weight, Diff: difference