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Table 3 Surface roughness and water contact angle with respect to surface type

From: Orthodontic bonding procedures significantly influence biofilm composition

 

Bovine incisor

(BI)

Etching

(ET)

Primer

(PR)

Transbond XT

(AD)

Multiple

Comparisons

Surface roughness (μm)

1.61 ± 0.22

3.50 ± 0.30

0.32 ± 0.04

0.11 ± 0.00

AD < PR < BI < ET

Water contact angle (degree)

56.61 ± 2.50

30.08 ± 2.94

46.59 ± 1.51

72.47 ± 1.62

ET < PR < BI < AD

  1. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine differences among the four groups and multiple comparisons were performed using the Mann-Whitney tests with the Bonferroni correction at a significant level of α < 0.05.
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