Table 3 Distribution of the failure modes in each group (%).

From: Effect of sulfinate salt on bonding and polymerization of adhesive to intracoronally bleached dentin

Groups

Storage

N

Failure mode

Adhesive failure

Cohesive failure in resin

Cohesive failure in dentin

Mixed failure

Control

24 h

30

7%

0%

13%

80%

TC

30

13%

10%

23%

54%

Bleached

24 h

30

10%

0%

23%

67%

TC

30

10%

17%

17%

56%

Bleached + SA

24 h

30

0%

13%

23%

64%

TC

30

0%

10%

50%

40%

  1. Pearson chi-squared revealed the the significant differences of failure mode distributions among the groups (p = 0.01). SA sulfinate agent, TC 10,000 thermal cycles.