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Table 2 Mean ± standard deviation (SD values) of µ-TBS (MPa) values for different groups

From: Theobromine versus casein phospho-peptides/Amorphous calcium phosphate with fluoride as remineralizing agents: effect on resin-dentine bond strength, microhardness, and morphology of dentine

Micro-tensile bond strength (MPa) (mean ± SD)

p-value

Sound dentine

Group I

Demineralized dentine

Group II

Theobromine

(5 min)

Group III

MI paste plus

(5 min)

Group IV

Theobromine

(1 month)

Group V

MI paste plus

(1 month)

Group VI

46.38 ± 12.18 A

33.20 ± 7.80B

44.77 ± 10.30 A

43.77 ± 7.86 A

46.53 ± 8.63 A

46.80 ± 7.23 A

< 0.001*

  1. Means with different superscript letters within the same horizontal row are statistically significantly different *; significant (p ≤ 0.05) ns; non-significant (p > 0.05)