Table 4 Hardness (HV) at the baseline (30 min) and after aging (30 days) in alcohol and saliva. Different capital letters indicate statistically significant differences between baseline and after aging for storage mediums, separately. Different lower-case letters indicate statistically significant changes between materials initially and after the incubation period in different mediums.
From: Mechanical properties of modern restorative “bioactive” dental materials - an in vitro study
Medium | Alcohol | Saliva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | After aging | Baseline | After aging | |
Activa Bioactive Restorative | 27.5 ± 2.12 A, a | 9.7 ± 0.95 B, a | 25.9 ± 1.20 A, a | 22.6 ± 0.70 B, a |
Beautifil Flow Plus F00 | 44.5 ± 2.01 A, b | 34.0 ± 2.11 B, b | 44.9 ± 1.66 A, b | 42.2 ± 1.48 A, b |
Beautifil Flow Plus F03 | 43.4 ± 1.96 A, b | 34.6 ± 1.43 B, b | 44.4 ± 2.72 A, b | 42.1 ± 1.29 A, b |
Predicta Bulk Bioactive | 48.8 ± 2.15 A, c | 34.1 ± 1.91 B, b | 47.0 ± 0.82 A, b, c | 47.0 ± 1.83 A, c |
Filtek Supreme Flow | 43.1 ± 1.52 A, b | 35.7 ± 1.16 B, b | 43.3 ± 1.95 A, b, d | 47.3 ± 2.06 B, c |