Evaluation of the chemical, physical, and biological properties of a newly developed bioceramic cement derived from cockle shells: an in vitro study

Table 2 Physical properties of Biodentine and BioCement

Materials	Initial setting time (min)	Final setting time (min)	Compressive strength (MPa)	Radiopaque (mm of Al)	Solubility (%)
Biodentine	14.94\(\pm\)0.92	18.78\(\pm\)1.07	53.98\(\pm\)5.80	3.92\(\pm\)0.52^a	3.67\(\pm\)0.06^a
BioCement	14.45\(\pm\)0.25	20.33\(\pm\)0.44	55.75\(\pm\)5.71	5.00\(\pm\)0.14^b	5.99\(\pm\)0.08^b

The different superscripts (a, b) in the same column indicates statistically significant differences between groups (p < 0.05; independent t-test)

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