Curing time
Surface Light source Composite 20 s 60 s
Top BP FS 35.3 (1,3)*Aa 34.9 (2,0)Aa
BP FZ 35.3 (2,7)Aa 36.4 (1,1)Aa
UL FS 33.5 (1,8)*Bb 35.2 (2,0)Ab
UL FZ 37.2 (3,8)Aa 37.4 (3,0)Aa
XL FS 34.1 (2,6)*Aa 35.2 (2,9)Aa
XL FZ 34.1 (2,4)*Aa 31.4 (1,3)Ab
AC FS 35.7 (2,9)*Aa 34.8 (2,3)Aa
AC FZ 36.1 (0,6)*Aa 36.7 (0,8)Aa
Bottom BP FS 32.4 (1,0)Ba 35.5 (1,4)Aa
BP FZ 35.5 (2,5)Aa 36.3 (1,3)Aa
UL FS 28.1 (2,1)Bb 33.8 (1,3)Ab
UL FZ 36.0 (1,2)Ba 37.9 (2,5)Aa
XL FS 26.4 (3,9)Ba 32.5 (2,5)Aa
XL FZ 29.3 (3,3)Ba 31.4 (1,3)Aa
AC FS 31.6 (2,9)Ba 35.4 (1,8)Aa
AC FZ 33.2 (1,5)Ba 34.5 (2,5)Aa
*Different from the bottom by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) (p<0.05).
Mean values with the same letter were not statistically different by Tukey’s test (p>0.05).
(Lowercase letters for vertical and capital letters for horizontal).
Table 3: Degree of conversion means (standard deviations) considering composite types, light sources, curing times and surface of samples.