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Table 2 Microhardness (HV) for tested group at 1 day and at 1 month post-photocuring

From: Effect of contamination of bulk-fill flowable resin composite with different contaminants during packing on its surface microhardness and compressive strength: in vitro study

	One-day			One-month			p-value
	n	Mean ± SD	95%CI	n	Mean ± SD	95%CI	p-value
Control	15	76.73^a ± 4.57	74.85–78.62	15	76.16^a ± 2.35	74.87–77.45	0.601
A. Saliva	15	75.00^ab ± 2.45	73.11–76.88	15	75.78^a ± 2.13	74.49–77.07	0.478
Alcohol	15	72.23^b ± 5.26	70.34–74.11	15	75.81^a ± 2.61	74.52–77.10	0.002
Gloves powder	15	74.58^ab ± 2.62	72.69–76.46	15	75.44^a ± 2.61	74.15–76.73	0.432
Hemostatic agent	15	73.90^ab ± 2.39	72.01–75.79	15	74.92^a ± 2.78	73.63–76.21	0.355
p-value		0.024			0.718

Different superscript letters within each column indicates significant difference (Adjusted p-value, Tukey’s HSD)

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