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Table 1 The mean, standard deviation (SD) values and results of One-way ANOVA test for comparison between contact angles in the three tested materials

From: Digital assessment of properties of the three different generations of dental elastomeric impression materials

 

Vinylpolyether silicone hybrid (VPES)

Polyvinylsiloxane (PVS)

Polyether (PE)

p-value

Mean (°)

SD

Mean (°)

SD

Mean (°)

SD

 

First drop (1 min)

69.6c

1.1

87a

1.9

79.2b

1.1

 < 0.001

First drop (1 min, 10 s)

59c

1.0

61.6b

2.4

77.8a

0.8

 < 0.001

First drop (1 min, 20 s)

42.8c

0.8

47.8b

1.9

74.4a

1.7

 < 0.001

First drop (1 min, 30 s)

12.2c

0.8

43.4b

1.14

67.8a

1.5

 < 0.001

Second drop

72.2b

0.8

87.8a

1.48

80.4b

1.1

 < 0.001

  1. *p ≤ 0.05, Different letters are statistically significantly different
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