Curing time
Surface Composite Light source 20 s 60 s
Top FS BP 35.3 (1,3)a 34.9 (2,0)a
UL 33.5 (1,8)a 35.2 (2,1)a
XL 34.1 (2,6)a 35.2 (2,9)a
AC 35.7 (2,9)a 34.8 (2,3)a
FZ BP 35.3 (2,7)a 36.4 (1,2)a
UL 37.2 (3,8)a 37.4 (3,0)a
XL 34.1 (2,4)a 31.4 (1,3)b
AC 36.1 (0,6)a 36.7 (0,8)a
Bottom FS BP 32.4 (1,0)a 35.5 (1,4)a
UL 28.1 (2,1)ab 33.8 (1,3)a
XL 26.4 (3,9)b 32.5 (2,5)a
AC 31.6 (2,9)a 35.4 (1,8)a
FZ BP 35.5 (2,5)a 36.3 (1,3)a
UL 36.0 (1,2)a 37.9 (2,5)a
XL 29.3 (3,3)b 31.4 (1,3)b
AC 33.2 (1,5)ab 34.5 (2,5)ab
*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: vertical analysis).
Table 4: Degree of conversion means (standard deviations) comparing the light sources at each composite type, curing time and surface of samples.